{"674845":{"#nid":"674845","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Johnson Named Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident \u00c1ngel Cabrera has announced that Ronald Johnson will join Georgia Tech\u2019s leadership team as the next senior vice president of strategic initiatives and chief of staff, effective June 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohnson, currently a professor of the practice in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, will serve as a member of Tech\u2019s Executive Leadership Team, advising the president on a variety of administrative and executive duties, special projects, and initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ron\u0027s organizational and leadership skills, honed during his exemplary military career, combined with his love for and understanding of Georgia Tech, make him uniquely suited to support me and our leadership team in executing our strategic priorities during this era of unprecedented growth,\u0022 Cabrera said. \u0022I look forward to working with him in leading Georgia Tech to even greater heights.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to Georgia Tech in 2014, Johnson served as the National Basketball Association\u2019s first senior vice president of referee operations, overseeing all aspects of the NBA\u2019s officiating program. He served for 32 years in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of major general while serving as the second highest-ranking senior engineer staff officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and as director of the U.S. Army Installation Management Agency. He also served as the commander of USACE\u2019s Gulf Region Division and U.S. deputy director of the Program Management Office in Iraq.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has been recognized with numerous awards and decorations, including the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star, and Legion of Merit. He is the recipient of the 2003 Black Engineer of the Year Award for Professional Achievement in Government Service, an inductee into the 2005 Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech, and recipient of the 2008 Black Engineer Lifetime Achievement Award. Johnson also received the Trailblazer Award from the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization and the Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u0027s Joseph Pettit Distinguished Service Award. Johnson is an emeritus trustee for the Georgia Tech Foundation, served as a Georgia Tech Alumni Association Trustee from 2015 to 2018, served on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board from 2020 to 2023, and has provided an endowment for two student scholarships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI want to thank President Cabrera and the Georgia Tech leadership team for their confidence in my abilities to serve in this critical role,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI am eager to work alongside such a dedicated leadership team, faculty, staff, and students who embody Georgia Tech\u2019s motto of Progress and Service.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohnson holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and mathematics from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Science in strategic planning from the School of Advanced Military Studies, a Master of Science in operations research from Georgia Tech, and an Educational Doctorate in higher education management and leadership from the University of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident \u00c1ngel Cabrera has announced that Ronald Johnson will join Georgia Tech\u2019s leadership team as the next senior vice president of strategic initiatives and chief of staff, effective June 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President \u00c1ngel Cabrera has announced that Ronald Johnson will join Georgia Tech\u2019s leadership team as the next senior vice president of strategic initiatives and chief of staff, effective June 1."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2024-05-22 02:01:33","changed_gmt":"2024-06-10 20:29:53","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674055":{"id":"674055","type":"image","title":"Ronald Johnson","body":"\u003Cp\u003ERonald Johnson\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1716387286","gmt_created":"2024-05-22 14:14:46","changed":"1716387286","gmt_changed":"2024-05-22 14:14:46","alt":"Ronald Johnson","file":{"fid":"257523","name":"johnson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/22\/johnson.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/22\/johnson.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":222804,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/22\/johnson.jpg?itok=nt7YCZ19"}}},"media_ids":["674055"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/president.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech Office of the President"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}