Ronald A. Johnson is a highly experienced business leader, Board Director, and recognized academic professional. He has served on almost two dozen Boards and held the Chairman position on six of them. He is currently the Presidential Counsel in the Registry Advisory Service Board Governance and Leadership Practice.Dr. Johnson’s private sector leadership roles include President & Chief Investment Officer at Smith Graham & Company, Director of Fixed Income Research, at Templeton Worldwide Inc., as well as Chief Strategist and Chairman of the Investment Committee for America’s Trust Bank. Also, he is the former Chairman of the Consumer Advisory Board of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. His earlier work includes appointments to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as an economist under Paul Volker, division chief at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the International Monetary Fund.Dr. Johnson is the former interim president of Kentucky State University and former president of Clark Atlanta University, His current volunteer activities include a member of the Ringling Foundation Board of the Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL; , a co-founder and Advisory Board Member of the HBCU Executive Leadership Institute at Clark Atlanta University (CAU); and Sigma Pi Phi - Gamma Xi fraternity, His considerable experience at the top level of academia, combined with repeated successes in the global investment management industry gain him tremendous credibility in all Board rooms. His insights on governance, fiduciary accountability, and sustainability have gained him recognition as an outstanding and sought-after Board leader. He is available for select Board engagements.OUTSIDE DIRECTOR | SELECT APPOINTMENTS• Arduro Renewable Rubber Inc. - Director* President’s Advisory Board of the White House Initiatives on Historically Black Colleges & Universities• US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Chairman-Consumer Advisory Board• UNCF - Finance and Audit, and Strategy Committees• UNCF Member Institutions, past Chairman-Finance• Small Business & Technology Development Center at WCU, past Chairman• Washington DC Based Black Economists, past Chairman• Cougar Investment Fund Board, University of Houston Business School, past Chairman-Investment