Board and Staff

Dr. Edward A. Johnson
President
E-mail: johnson@ausable.org

“I am honored for this opportunity to serve the Lord through the Institute’s academic partnerships and its continuing public advocacy roles,” stated Dr. Johnson.  “The Board, its staff and its faculty partners are excited about the emerging opportunities for expanding the Institute’s services as we enter the ‘Golden Age’ of Creation Care awareness and action.  The Institute has been the scientific center of Creation Care and global warming analysis for nearly thirty years.  I am excited that the Board is committed to maintaining and expanding these historical roles.”

Dr. Johnson comes to the Institute from the Presidency of the University of the New West in Phoenix, Arizona.  UNW, a new undergraduate liberal arts institution to be built on sustainability and servant leadership principles and programs, is targeted to begin operations in 2008.   Prior to assuming this leadership position, Dr. Johnson served as President of Sterling College (KS), a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, from 1997-2003.

Johnson previously served as Executive Director of the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education and Assistant to the Executive Director of the Arizona Board of Regents.

His career accomplishments include:

-creation of the nation’s first Law, Science and Technology Center at Arizona State University’s College of Law

-creation of the nation’s first undergraduate program in Social Entrepreneurship at Sterling College

-creation of the first international leadership degree program for Habitat for Humanity International, and

-creation of the nation’s first state-level public policy center for ethnic minority student achievement from kindergarten through college.

Ed currently serves on the board of Second Nature, the coordinator of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.  This groundbreaking initiative is currently facilitating efforts among 325+ colleges and universities to move towards climate neutrality in their operations, to educate graduates about the principles and practices of sustainability and to expand research focused on global warming.  The initiative’s goal is 1,000 colleges and universities by 2009.

Dr. Johnson obtained his undergraduate degree from Morningside College (IA), his law degree from Creighton University and his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Arizona State University.

He and his wife, Dr. April Osborn, have two children, Rex, a law student at Washburn University and Ale, a freshman at Arizona State University.

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