Ronald Johnson
Ronald Johnson
Deputy Executive Director
AIDS Action Council
As Deputy Executive Director of the AIDS Action Council, Mr. Johnson provides overall operational leadership to and management of AIDS Action Council.
Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of experience in non-profit program planning and development, non-profit administration and management and public policy development and advocacy. Prior to joining AIDS Action in September 2006, Mr. Johnson served as the Associate Executive Director of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), the nation’s first and oldest AIDS service organization. In that capacity, he managed GMHC’s public policy, advocacy and government relations functions and served as a member of the senior management. Prior to coming to GMHC in November 1997, Mr. Johnson served for five years in the Office of the Mayor, City of New York as the first Citywide Coordinator for AIDS Policy. Mr. Johnson also has served as the executive director of a community-based organization, the Minority Task Force on AIDS.
Mr. Johnson has served on numerous boards of directors of non-profit agencies and was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS under President Clinton.
