Carolyn Johnson

Carolyn Johnson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Black Cultural Zone since August 2020 and is a Managing Partner and President at MECCA Collective and MECCA Commercial since 2019. As a Business Instructor at the College of Alameda since 2014, Carolyn teaches various business courses and participates in several academic committees. Prior experience includes roles such as Executive Director of the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Collaborative, Director of Commercial Real Estate at the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, and Consultant at the Alameda County Small Business Development Center. Carolyn's entrepreneurial background comprises consulting and brokering in real estate, along with facilitating business courses for women entrepreneurs. Carolyn holds multiple degrees, including an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Saint Mary's College of California, an MBA in Corporate and Real Estate Finance from Columbia Business School, and a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley.