John Taylor is President and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Raised in the housing projects of Boston and trained as an attorney, he has dedicated his life to economic justice. With over 25 years in the field, he has been the recipient of numerous local, state and national awards, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Award, two United States Congress Citations/Proclamations, the State of Massachusetts Award for Excellence in Community Economic Development, and a Presidential Appointment to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

Mr. Taylor has testified before numerous Congressional committees, both in the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. Mr. Taylor recently was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights. He has also served on several other national boards including the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank Board, The Fannie Mae Housing Impact Division, The Freddie Mack Housing Advisory Board, and many others. He has appeared on ABC’s “Nightline,” CBS, Fox News, CNN, CSPAN, in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and hundreds of other print, television, and radio media.