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Broderick Johnson is a public policy and political strategist with more than three decades of leadership at the highest levels of government and the legal profession. He provides strategic leadership advice and counsel to clients on legislative, regulatory, legal, and political issues. His experience includes telecommunications and technology, workforce development, tax policy, education, sports and entertainment, and financial services matters.
Broderick has the distinction of having been appointed to senior posts under two U.S. Presidents. He served as Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary under President Barack Obama. In that role, he was the President’s primary liaison to members of the Cabinet, directing a team that helped coordinate policy and communications strategy between the West Wing and Federal agencies. President Obama also appointed Broderick the chairman of the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, an interagency initiative designed to identify and address the disparities that hamper the success of boys and young men of color, and to improve the lives of all youth. In the Clinton White House, he was Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.
Broderick also has served as a senior advisor for several presidential campaigns, including the Obama-Biden and Kerry-Edwards campaigns.
Broderick served in numerous senior positions on Capitol Hill, beginning in the House Office of the Legislative Counsel, where he drafted such landmark legislation as the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. He was also chief Democratic counsel to two standing committees, including the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, where he crafted legislative policy and strategy on K-12, higher education, and labor and employment issues.
From time to time, Broderick also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.
Jane L Mixer Award, The University of Michigan Law School
CLEO EDGE Honoree, Greater Equality, Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc.
Civil Rights Justice by Action Youth Award, National Organization of Blacks in Law Enforcement
Special Award, The King Center
Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, University of Michigan
Memberships and Affiliations
My Brother’s Keeper Advisory Council—Obama Foundation, Chairman (2018-present)
Wolf Trap Foundation, Board Member (2017-present)
Dean’s Advisory Group, University of Michigan Law School (2017-present)
College of the Holy Cross, Trustee (2019-present)
Boule, Epsilon Chapter, Member (2009-present)
Black Economic Alliance, Board Member (2019-present)
Previous Experience
The White House, Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary; Chair of the President’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force (MBK); Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
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