Donna Johnson is Chief Diversity Officer for MasterCard.
In this role, Johnson is responsible for developing and implementing the company’s global diversity and inclusion strategy.
Since joining MasterCard in 1995, Donna has held positions of increasing responsibilities in the B2B Marketing Group and the Commerce Development Group. In January 2010, Johnson was appointed Chief Diversity Officer. Under Johnson’s leadership, MasterCard has scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, has been on Working Mother’s Top 100 companies list for the past six years and has steadily risen in the ranks of DiversityInc’s Top 50
Companies for Diversity.
Johnson was chosen as one of “National Diversity Council’s Most Powerful and Influential Women” and was recognized by Diversity Global Magazine as one of their “Top 10 Influential Woman in Global Diversity”. Diversity Journal named her a “Woman Worth Watching’ and she was one of The Network Journal’s “25 Influential Black Women in Business”.
Johnson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Psychology from Tufts University in Medford, MA and a Master of Science in Strategic Management and Leadership from Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY.
