Nancy Flake Johnson
President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Atlanta
Nancy Flake Johnson became president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta in 2008. She has served as Vice President of Programs for the Detroit Urban League, led Howard University’s Small Business Development Center, and operated an accounting practice.
Nancy has a passion for empowering people and communities. She and her team have gained a
reputation for delivering impactful programs that focus on economic mobility in black communities,
developing, delivering and advocating for innovative policy, and public and private sector partnerships.
The League focuses on workforce development, entrepreneurship, youth and young adults, housing and
wealth building and social and racial justice. In 2020, in commemoration of its 100 year centennial, the
League launched as a Financial Empowerment Center to close the racial wealth gap. In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the League expanded to provide emergency financial assistance and rapid re-
employment and renamed the center to the Financial Empowerment & Emergency Relief Center The League was awarded $2 million for rental, mortgage, utility, food and other urgent needs of families and
champions social, racial and economic justice.
Nancy’s community service includes: Board Service for WorkSource Atlanta, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Youth Entrepreneurship Council and the Racial Equity Advisory Council for the National Skills Coalition. Her most recent honors include being recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of 21 Women Who Mean Business for 2020 and the 2019 Honoree as one of Atlanta’s 500 Most Powerful Leaders by Atlanta Magazine.