John Rice is the Founder & CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a nationally recognized non-profit focused on closing the racial wealth gap by elevating the career and economic trajectory of people of color and by advancing racially equitable employer practices. Serving 13,000+ students and professionals nationwide, MLT partners with 200+ leading companies including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citi and Target and provides a comprehensive set of solutions that are customized to each partner’s talent priorities. John has been featured on CNN, the cover of Fortune, and was named one of Forbes top 30 social entrepreneurs in the world.
Prior to MLT, John was an executive with the National Basketball Association, where he served as managing director of NBA Japan and as director of marketing for Latin America. Before joining the NBA, John spent four years with the Walt Disney Company in new business development and marketing.
John serves as the lead independent Director for both real estate finance company Walker & Dunlop (NYSE-WD) and for Opendoor (NASDAQ-OPEN), a leading digital platform for residential real estate. He served on the Board of Trustees of Yale University for twelve years and is a member of venture philanthropy fund New Profit’s board.
John received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA with honors from Yale, where he was a three-year starter on the basketball team. He resides in the Washington, DC area with his wife Andrea and has 2 children, Mateo and Kiki.