Dr. Johnson served as executive vice president, president and CEO of Voyager Expanded
Learning, a for-profit education company. His prior experience from leadership roles in
public education helped the company become an innovative, profitable provider of 
scientifically based curriculum for students and professional development for teachers.
During his 25 years in public education, he was a director of special services, an assistant superintendent for instructional services and superintendent of schools in Rochester, Minnesota, and Richardson, Texas. He was nominated as one of America’s Top 100 School Executives by the American Association of School Executives, was selected twice for the Annual Congress for Exemplary Superintendents and was chosen as Indiana University's first recipient of the Berkley Emerging Leadership Award.
He received his B.S. and M.S. from Ball State University and earned his Ed.S. and Ed.D. in school administration and Policy Studies from Indiana University.