Christine Johnson, Ph.D.

  • Academic, institutional and policy leadership at public school and higher education sectors
  • Called on by five Secretaries of Education to influence national policy discussions (Secretaries Cavazos, Alexander, Riley, Paige and Spellings) through service on national boards, commissions, taskforces and work groups, such as:  The National Assessment Governing Board that defined what American students should know and be able to do; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; National Commission on the Study of the 12th Grade;  National Community College Work Group; International Summit convened by Secretaries Rice and Spellings; Discussant for Spellings Commission representing community colleges
  • Lumina Foundation design team for its Achieving the Dream initiative focused on doubling the number of under-represented populations in postsecondary education
  • Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) – government relations committee
  • National Community College Hispanic Council – board member
  • American Council on Education (ACE); Minorities in Higher Education Commission
  • Mentor ACE fellows and HACU fellows aspiring to community college leadership roles
  • Serve as visiting scholar as time permits to UT Austin; Columbia University – Hechinger Institute; Fordham University
  • Recipient Kellogg Fellowship
  • Launched first early and middle colleges in state of Colorado; a charter school, a drop-out retrieval, a career-focused and in a comprehensive high school redesign
  • Chaired the state’s higher education governing board that set policy direction, state strategic plan, appropriated state general fund and capital development funds; and program and degree approval for Colorado’s 28 public institutions
  • Led Community College of Denver to national recognition as a community college of excellence among the nation’s 1200 community colleges during Colorado’s most dramatic state funding cuts in history from 60% state support to 25% current state support
  • Led CCD out of budget deficit during lean fiscal times to fastest growth in a decade
  • Earned four consecutive years top recognition by US Department of Labor for workforce innovation in high demand industries
  • Named to Colorado’s Education Alignment Council (K-16 education policy body)
  • Served with business and government leaders on two trade missions to Mexico