Michael Johns (policy analyst)

Michael Johns
Born	(1964-09-08) 8 September 1964 Allentown, Pennsylvania
Education	University of Miami (Bachelors in Business Administration)
Occupation	Health care executive, public policy expert, writer and commentator
Website
Official website

Michael Johns (born September 8, 1964) is an American conservative commentator, policy analyst and writer, a former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush, and a leader and spokesman in the Tea Party Movement.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} He is also a health care executive.^{[6][11][12][13]}

Early life and education

Johns was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania,^[14] and graduated from Emmaus High School.^[6][15] He graduated from the University of Miami in 1986, receiving a bachelor's degree in business administration with a major in economics.^[9][14][16] As a University of Miami student, he was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor awarded a student by the university.^[17] He has also studied humanities at the University of Cambridge, England.^[9]

Political and public policy career

Johns began his political and public policy career as a Lyndon B. Johnson Fellow working with Pennsylvanian Republican Member of Congress Donald L. Ritter.^[9]

In 1986, he began work at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank that took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, and which was influential in the formation of the Reagan Doctrine.^[9] Johns was assistant editor of the Foundation's journal, Policy Review, for which he wrote on national security and foreign policy issues.^[9][18][19]

In 1988, he became the Policy Analyst for African and Third World Affairs in the Heritage Foundation's Foreign Policy and Defense Studies Department, where he researched and wrote on topics including South Africa, U.S. Relations with Zaire and Kenya, the famine in Ethiopia, and the civil wars in Angola and Mozambique.^{[9][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

Johns was a White House speechwriter during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.^{[1][6][14][26]}

He has also worked for New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean, for Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, and at the International Republican Institute.^[14]

Johns is a leader and spokesman in the Tea Party Movement.^{[1][7][8][10][27]} He serves on the leadership team of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition.^[28]

Health care career

Johns was vice president of Gentiva Health Services and has held senior positions at Eli Lilly and Company and Electric Mobility Corporation.^[11][12][13]

Books and commentary

Johns wrote the U.S. and Africa Statistical Handbook, and contributed to Finding Our Roots, Facing Our Future: America's 21st Century and Freedom in the World: The Annual Guide of Political Rights and Civil Liberties.^[29]

He has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, National Review, Human Events, and other publications, and has appeared as a commentator on CBS News, C-SPAN, and other broadcast media.^{[1][2][3][4][30][31]} National Journal recommended him as one of “Ten Republicans to follow on Twitter”.^[5]

References

External links

• Official website
• Appearances on C-SPAN