James C. Johnson, Ed.D., MBA

Experience

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  USAF

  Feb 1982 - Mar 2007

  Served as senior advisor to commanding general officer on all HR issues including training, utilization, career progress, morale, and welfare of combined 10,000 personnel located at Langley AFB, Virginia and Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Developed strategic map of leadership growth and succession planning by instituting professional development courses and locally developed leadership training. Key Achievements:- Increased Top Performer program participation 150% by revamping program to focus on excellence, facilitating joint service involvement, and integrating executive sponsorship for recipients.- Completed 100% drug testing in 3 days through flawless coordination of organization’s first Demand Drug Reduction program in history.- Decreased personnel orientation time by 75% through critical orientation curriculum revision. - Established successful rotation plan by improving reporting processes, hand-picking key enlisted leaders for future rotations, and personally revising promotion verification process and policy. Show less Planned, implemented, and evaluated educational programs, policies, and procedures for 15 nationwide leadership schools and professional development centers. Provided administration and policy structure for 3000 courses educating 82000+ students. Developed and administered $1M annual budget. Key Achievements:- Unified 15 locations into centralized site of shared knowledge, streamlined information dissemination, and accelerated policy implementation by instituting interactive Community of Practice website.- Enabled new flight chiefs to immediately resolve mission critical issues by revamping Flight Chief Orientation and Development Course to include policy/workshop format that reinforced both theoretical instruction and practical application.- Streamlined daily operations and clearly defined procedures by directing initiative to rewrite, redefine, and revise Leadership School policy and procedure guide. Show less Managed functionality, delivery and institutional/individual evaluation of 198-hour first line supervisory course for 490 students/employees annually. Directed all facets of operations including policy/procedure implementations, faculty/staff oversight, and a combined $2.5M operation and facilities budget to accomplish academic learning objectives. Recruited, interviewed, and hired educational staff. Developed instructional staff professional and personal development plans. Key Achievements:- Developed tri-level manpower forecast to prepare for mandated reduction in instructor staff through shortfall forecasting and formulation of pre-emptive corrective actions.- Reduced instructor qualification times by 45% through comprehensive redesign of training development program.- Designed unique three-tiered training plan; accommodated 60% staff reduction with impacting academy or students; decreased instructor orientation time by 25%. - Developed and negotiated implementation of policy revising Master Instructor certification requirements throughout all Air Force professional military education areas. Show less Advised unit commanders on training, education, morale, welfare, discipline, and utilization of 6,000 personnel at four locations; the Pentagon, United Arab Emirates, McGuire AFB, NJ, and Bolling AFB, Wash DC. Managed staff performance, administered recognition programs and disciplinary actions, provided mentoring, career counseling, and leadership development for all enlisted personnel Key Achievements:- Designed/implemented aggressive 30-day base relocation requirement by liaising with key U.S. and Qatar government officials; relocation from Qatari airport to permanent base now serves as Southwest Asia hub.- Improved personnel morale and living conditions in United Arab Emirates through design, negotiation, and implementation of $1M living quarters and recreational facility upgrade.- Selected as one of three senior Air Force leaders and key member of Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence to develop and distribute DOD’s first domestic violence curricula.- Boosted unit morale and improved functional abilities at all organizational levels by leading “21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” seminars. Show less Led elite group of 30 handpicked communications specialists to execute command and control communications for the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, their emissaries and staff. Managed $3M Executive Travel Communications Center providing communications focal point to the President of the United States, National Military Advisor, and National Security Council. Key Achievements:- Elevated service to nation’s senior DOD leaders while reducing staff training time 50% - Reorganized executive communication team; realigned personnel based on experience and mission requirements, clearly defined position responsibilities, instituted performance incentives, and streamlined customer service.- Reduced reporting errors by 50%, increased shift productivity and efficiency by 25%, and ensured senior executives received advanced notification of communication problems by revamping entire critical outage reporting systems. - Saved 10 to 15 days per month in manpower requirements without mission impact through exceptional planning and organization of all Executive Travel Communications task force activities. Show less Managed all resources including $50K annual budget and manpower for Goodfellow (Texas) Airman Leadership School providing entry-level leadership training to 112 students per year. Facilitated Total Quality Management (TQM) instruction encompassing methods, metrics, measurement, and process improvement. Provided oversight, direction, and professional development opportunities for school instructors. Key Achievements:- Designed and instituted Quality Program including Goodfellow’s first quality student forum to achieve 100% awareness trained with 25% trained in 75 days, Excellent rating, and #2 ranking on base.- Generated 25% increase in active participation in Community College of the Air Force degree programs through initiation of program to evaluate CCAF credits and progress in conjunction with ALS.- Increased participation in Junior ROTC Summer Encampment program 290% by revamping and refining program to include more diverse instructional topics and securing involvement of two additional high schools.- Promoted from Program Manager directing Junior Reserve Office Training Corps summer training and Air Force Inspector General administrative support team. 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  • Command Chief Master Sergeant - 1st Fighter Wing (VA) & 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Afghanistan

    Dec 2004 - Mar 2007

  • Chief, Air Combat Command Professional Military Education and Development

    Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

  • Executive Director/Commandant, Goodfellow NCO Academy

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  • HR Consultant/First Sergeant

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  • Superintendent - Office of Secretary of Defense, Executive Communication

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  • Director/Commandant - Airman Leadership School

    Jan 1992 - Jan 1996

  • Communication Operations/ & Security Specialist/Combat Communication Operations

    Feb 1982 - Jan 1992
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  Fidelity Investments

  Dec 2006 - Aug 2010

  Regional Director, Investment Education Planning and Guidance

  Led 2, 12-person regionally dispersed teams of investment consultants providing classroom education and personal retirement investment educational consulting. Designed, measured and reported critical performance measures. Developed process improvement initiatives improving regional and national operating efficiencies. Change agent within the highly fluid financial environment, including curriculum development and delivery, multi-department project management, cross-functional problem solving, and strategic development. Show less

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  North Carolina State University

  Mar 2019 - now

  Provides executive leadership, direction, and coordination of all activities related to Project Youth Extension Service, a multi-million dollar Department of Defense/United States Department of Agriculture funded collegiate professional development grant program. Responsible for the development and execution of leadership education, training, curriculum development, outreach, national marketing and recruitment, and program management. Oversees logistics and implementation of multiple national events and conferences, national recruitment process, and ensure first-class training and technical assistance. The director coordinates program activities for all internal staff, partners, collaborators, evaluation teams, and national clients. Serves as the primary interface with all military liaisons, program/project managers, and senior leaders. Develops and implements a national marketing and recruitment strategy ensuring the most qualified candidates are identified and thoroughly vetted before selection. To date, Project YES has worked with 195 interns and served over 32,000 military youth and families throughout 49 states, 4 US territories, and Germany. Show less Supervises the work of the project team and works collaboratively to ensure stakeholder engagement and project achievement. Fosters relationships military clientelle and with stakeholders interested in the welfare of military families. Identifies new potential partners and/or resources to build capacity and increase synergistic impact. Collaborates with the project team to develop and implement project goals and objectives and to evaluate and report outcomes and impacts. Monitor the performance of staff and submit necessary annual federal reporting. Assist in designing and conducting training. Show less The National 4-H /Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) National Mentoring Program mission is to assist in the further development and maturity of community programs serving at risk, high risk, or underserved youth populations. Overarching program goals are to improve outcomes for at-risk-high-risk, or underserved youth and reduce negative outcomes, including juvenile delinquency and gang participation, improve academic performance, and reduce school drop-out rates through mentoring. The program implements enhanced practices that enrich positive outcomes and further align with research and evidence on effective mentoring. The objective of the program is to direct one-on-one, group (up to but not to exceed 4 youth to one mentor, peer (age 15 or older), or a combination of these types of mentoring services, to underserved youth populations for 12 consecutive months. Show less

  • National Director/Co-PI - Project Youth Extension Service (YES)

    Aug 2010 - now

  • Director of Operations - Extension Military Programs

    Sept 2019 - Apr 2024

  • Operations Manager/Co-PI - Youth Futures: College Within Reach 4-H National Mentorship Program

    Mar 2019 - Mar 2021