Carolyn Johnson (“C.J.”) is currently the CEO of the Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation, which was incubated by and is now a proud partner of the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Collaborative, which strives to elevate their community through arts and cultural preservation and innovation. C.J. joined the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Collaborative in 2019 with thirty years of experience in entrepreneurship and business management, non-profit operations, finance and commercial real estate. She is a native of Oakland, California and brings to the Collaborative her homegrown knowledge of East Oakland, where she was born and raised.
Photo credit: Carolyn Johnson