John Robichaux
John Robichaux is an award-winning executive, consultant, and speaker.
Known for creating winning business and operational strategies with superior road maps to success, John offers a unique blend of business acumen, world-class nonprofit expertise, innovative program delivery, and high-impact partnership cultivation to achieve business goals. With more than 25 years of senior executive and consulting roles, he is repeatedly recognized for engaging critical stakeholders and delivering exceptional value. John is a trusted consultant and advisor to C-suite leaders with a 95% lifetime approval rating in 360 executive reviews.
Passionate about influencing, building, and growing high-impact organizations that make powerful social contributions, John offers a proven track record of designing and scaling innovative, class-leading programs rooted in the critical philanthropic, government, and corporate partnerships needed for success. He is a Harvard-educated, award-winning human rights scholar who has spearheaded numerous diversity, access, and success initiatives that have transformed the internal and external landscape of organizations.
John has overseen executive leadership programs at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia Universities. He has spearheaded partnerships with organizations as diverse as The United Nations, The White House, The European Union, the U.S. Department of Education, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Brookings Institution, The Atlantic Council, NASA, Mayo, Google, Microsoft, Apple, McKinsey, the NFL, KIPP Foundation, and the school districts of New York City, San Francisco, Miami, Washington DC, among many others.
John currently consults and speaks globally, leveraging 25+ years of successful organizational leadership to help leaders in philanthropy, government, industry, and education solve complex organizational problems and help clients design and implement high-performing organizations. John is sourced by major global brands to provide full-spectrum counsel and strategic planning in the areas of organizational leadership. His speaking engagements cross topics of critical interest to executive audiences and the general publc. John continues to leverage his experience, at Harvard and beyond, to produce client-specific solutions that drive desired metrics as diverse as learning outcomes, policy recommendations, DEI metrics, revenue generation, new program design, investment and funding decisions, etc.
Previously, John served as the inaugural Director of Education for Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). At HAI, John held global strategic oversight for the design and launch of the Education portfolio of Stanford’s flagship multi-disciplinary AI research, policy, and education institute. Recognized as a subject matter expert in executive and policymaker education, organizational transformation, and educational innovation, in this role he also served as a trusted advisor to global executives and policymakers and was often sourced to educate and consult with leaders in philanthropy, government, and industry on key topics where artificial intelligence and related technologies are impacting today's leadership landscape.
From 2016-2017, John was recruited by Columbia University to lead trustee- and provost-level initiatives focused on guiding the global strategy for a university-wide portfolio of education programs. There, John managed a portfolio of $100M+ revenue/$60M+ budget, including 1,000 globally dispersed FT and PT faculty and staff across eight global locations. John held strategic oversight for Columbia’s nonprofit executive and professional leadership programs, a large sustainability leadership portfolio, and also co-led the strategic process that resulted in Columbia opening its first Silicon Valley-based campus in San Francisco, California.
John served in key leadership roles at Harvard University and Stanford University from 2007-2016, where he was recognized for several educational and organizational innovations that are credited with re-defining best practices among a number of fields within the nonprofit sector. These innovations drove dramatic increases in impact metrics, DEI outcomes, program development, workforce satisfaction, and created long-term financial stability for numerous nonprofit organizations.
From 1994-2006, John also consulted nationally for nonprofit and education executives, in addition to founding and co-directing a highly successful education NGO for refugees and immigrants.
John is a Harvard-educated, award-winning scholar of human rights and critical issues in international relations. He has taught in these areas at Harvard and Stanford, and his research has taken him to eight countries on four continents.
A native Louisiana Cajun, today he works internationally while residing with his wife and daughter in California. When not on the road, he enjoys exploring the state and volunteering for a variety of community organizations.
Some example partners John has worked with (public list): The United Nations, The White House, US State Department, US Congress, European Parliament, European Commission, The World Health Organization, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, IBM, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Nike, LinkedIn, the NFL, Johnson & Johnson, Salesforce, PBS, NPR, NASA, National Geographic, The Brookings Institution, Hoover Institution, The Atlantic Council, UNICEF, NYPD, the Miami Dolphins, NASCAR, Brooks Brothers, GoPro, United Way, YMCA, MIT, UC-Berkeley, Hong Kong University, University College London, Singapore University of Technology & Design, The University of California, California State University, European University Institute, Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), New York City Public Schools, San Francisco Public Schools, Washington DC Public Schools, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Office of the State Superintendent of Education (Washington, DC), Boys and Girls Club of America, Harlem Children’s Zone, American Friends Service Committee, US Conference of Bishops, Lutheran Refugee Services, National Conference for Community & Justice, Rotary International, the KIPP Foundation, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, The Malone Foundation, The McGovern Foundation, CZI, The Rockefeller Foundation.
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John is always interested in connecting with forward-thinking leaders and organizations. You can also reach out to learn more about his work with high-impact organizations in the social or education innovation spaces.