John P. Johnson, PhD, is the President and CEO of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach.
Dr. Johnson's academic career spans 35 years. He has served as a university president, provost and chief academic officer, college dean, and academic department chair. His appointments have included professorships with tenure at four universities. Prior to being appointed to his current position at ERAU in November 2005, Dr. Johnson served as the university's Provost and Chief Academic Officer. He held the same position at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. He served as a college dean for 13 years at the Medical University of South Carolina and at Northern Kentucky University.
Dr. Johnson has taught at all levels and has an extensive publication record. His primary areas of research inquiry include speech and hearing science, the neurosciences, aerospace education, and academic leadership. He completed post-doctoral programs of study in academic administration at Texas A&M University in College Station (1984) and at the Budget and Control Board's Executive Institute in Columbia, South Carolina (1997-98).
Dr. Johnson served as the Honorary National Chairman of the Silver Wings Society (2008-09). For his leadership in aerospace education and research he received the Jimmy Doolittle Fellowship Award from the U.S. Air force Association (2007).
Dr. Johnson is married to Maurie Rodgers. The second marriage for both, they have seven grown children and eight grandchildren.
