Dr. John K. Johnson
Dr. Johnson is a specialist in comparative parliaments and international development, having supported democracy-strengthening efforts in more than 30 nations, primarily in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. He has been a USAID chief of party on parliamentary projects in Kenya and Indonesia; US Diplomat in Mexico; Director in the Asia and the Europe and Eurasia regions for Chemonics International; Director of Governance Programs with the National Democratic Institute, Committee Director in the New York State Senate, Senior Associate with the State University of New York Center for International Development, and a teacher in Kenya. He has consulted and/or published for the World Bank, UNDP, USAID, SADC Parliamentary Forum, the Organization of American States (OAS), the InterAmerican Development Bank (IADB), and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). Currently, he consults worldwide and trains parliamentarians from multiple countries through McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies in Montreal, Canada. He has an MA in African Studies, an MA in political science, and a PhD in political science (University at Albany, SUNY).