尊敬的理查德·A. 约翰逊三世(休斯顿，德克萨斯州)
理查德的. 约翰逊,艾德.D. is the Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Booker T. Washington Initiative, which examines the effects of public policy on African American communities.
Previously, Regent Johnson served as Chief of Staff in both municipal and state governments. As Chief of Staff for a Houston City Council member, he played a significant role in drafting and navigating policies related to 公共安全, 公共工程, and housing and community development. During the 85th and 86th 德州议会s, he served as a Chief of Staff and a Senior Policy Analyst for a House member and worked on education, 公共安全, 医疗保健, and workforce development legislation.
As an educator for more than 20 years, Regent Johnson has extensive experience in teaching and research. He worked as a 研究 Assistant at the University of Texas Mental Science Institute, studying the efficacy of counseling and pharmacological therapy on cocaine and heroin addicts. He began counseling inner-city adolescent males and founded an academy for troubled boys which provided education, 纪律, and residential substance abuse treatment. In 2007, he began teaching and researching in the areas of psychology and academic performance.
Regent Johnson was the President of the Louisiana Prison Chapel Foundation for nearly two decades, building more than 20 churches inside prison walls. 除了, Regent Johnson served as the co-founder and second president of 100 Black Men Metropolitan Houston, Vice President of Development for 100 Black Men San Antonio, and Co-chair of the Education Committee of the NAACP Houston.
摄政王约翰逊曾在美国服役.S. Army after college, obtaining the rank of Sergeant. He was selected to play for the All-Army basketball team.
A Texas native, Regent Johnson has an Ed.D. in Education 政府 and a M.A. in Clinical Psychology from 德克萨斯南方大学. 他得了B.A. in History and Government from Wiley College.