Richard Johnson is Publisher & Chairman of Kaleidoscope Magazine LLC. Kaleidoscope Magazine, launched in 1992, highlights the spectrum of African American achievement and celebrates Greater Cleveland's diversity. Johnson serves as executive producer for the Magazine's weekly television and radio shows. Johnson also oversees the Company's specialized publishing and public relations division, which designs and prints collateral materials for corporations and non-profit organizations. Johnson has served as national publisher of magazines such as Real Men, The 100 Black Men of America magazine, and Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund's magazine, The Scholar.

Prior to establishment of Kaleidoscope, Johnson was with Fenix Enterprises. He is a graduate of Cleveland State University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree. He is actively involved in a myriad of civic and community organizations.