Michelle T. Johnson

Michelle Tyrene Johnson is a Kansas City area native who is a diversity consultant, speaker and writer, as well as a former journalist and former employment attorney of several years. Ms. Johnson, a certified mediator, is the author of articles and three books on diversity, including “Working While Black” published in 2004 by Chicago Review Press as a career guide for African-Americans employees in the workplace, which has been mentioned and reviewed in several national magazines. Ms. Johnson’s third book “The Diversity Code: Unlock the Secrets to Making Differences Work in the Real World” was published September 2010 by AMACOM, the publishing arm of the American Management Association. Additionally, Johnson has been a commentator on National Public Radio (“NPR”) and has had a diversity column in the Business section of the Kansas City, Missouri’s daily newspaper since 2008 called “Diversity Diva” along with being the Diversity blogger for the Human Resources IQ website out of New York City. Ms. Johnson has spoken on diversity issues and conducted diversity workshops for several organizations, businesses and colleges across the country, including Wal-Mart Headquarters in Bentonville, Ark.; H&R Block, Hallmark Cards, and several municipalities. More information on Ms. Johnson can be found at www.MichelleTJohnson.com Johnson is also a playwright. Several of her plays have been seen on stages across the country including Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois, Texas and California. The National Black Theatre Company in New York City recently produced a staged reading of her play "The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip" and the play was also the inaugural winner of the Olathe (KS.) Civic Theatre New Works Playwright Competition. Her play "Echoes of Octavia" is scheduled for production in Spring 2018 by NYC's Rhymes Over Beats theater company.