Prior to joining Donor Network West, Johnson served as a director of clinical services at New Jersey Sharing Network, a federally designated organ procurement and tissue recovery organization serving 113 hospitals, 6 transplant centers and 14 transplant programs in New Jersey. A registered nurse and certified procurement transplant coordinator (CPTC), Johnson led a team that achieved a 27% increase in organ donors during his first year at NJTO. Prior to joining New Jersey Sharing Network, Johnson worked for twelve years at LifeGift, a large, multi-regional organ procurement organization in Texas, holding substantial leadership and clinical positions in each of LifeGift’s three service areas.
Johnson received a Master of Biomedical Sciences & Human Donation Science from the University of Toledo. He graduated from West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Johnson is certified in organ and tissue recovery through ABTC.