Stan Johnson is the President and founder of Stan Johnson & Associates, a human resource development consultancy. Additionally, he serves as Executive Director of the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA). The Mission of MOAA is to provide opportunities to exchange ideas advocate increased participation and administrative opportunities for minorities in athletics. MOAA also promotes generating a sports culture that supports the values necessary to teach and learn respect for self and others.
Stan’s professional career includes management positions with the International Harvester Company from 1976 to 1981 and Managing Director of INROADS, Kansas City, Inc. (a career development corporation for talented minority students) from 1981 to 1988. Stan served as Director of Professional Development for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1988 to 2000. In this position, his responsibilities included developing, implementing, and administering programs that enhance opportunities for ethnic minorities and women in intercollegiate athletics, specifically in coaching, athletics administration, and officiating at the national, conference, and institutional levels.
Stan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Development from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Stan and his wife Cynthia have four children. Stan serves on several Civic and Church boards.