13 Facts About Kristina Johnson

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Kristina M Johnson was born on May 7,1957 and is an American business executive, engineer, academic, and former government official who served as the 13th chancellor of the State University of New York from September 2017 until June 2020.

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Kristina Johnson has been a leader in the development of optoelectronic processing systems, 3-D imaging, and color-management systems.

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Kristina Johnson competed in Tae Kwon Do and learned to play lacrosse on the boys' lacrosse team.

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In 1979, Kristina Johnson was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease and turned her focus to an academic career.

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In 1999, Johnson was appointed Dean of the School of Engineering at Duke University, which would be later named for distinguished alumnus, Edmund T Pratt Jr.

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In 2007, Kristina Johnson became the Senior Vice-President and Provost of Johns Hopkins University.

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In 2009, Kristina Johnson was appointed by President Obama as the Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment at the United States Department of Energy with the unanimous consent of the United States Senate.

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Kristina Johnson is the founder of Enduring Hydro, a hydropower-focused energy firm.

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Kristina Johnson was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for the development and deployment of liquid crystal on silicon display technologies, the basis for high-speed optoelectronic 3D imaging.

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Kristina Johnson has been a director of Minerals Technologies Inc, Nortel, Guidant Corporation, AES Corporation, and Boston Scientific.

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Kristina Johnson is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Cisco Systems.

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On June 3,2020 it was announced that Kristina Johnson would resign from her position at the State University of New York to become the next President of Ohio State University.

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Kristina Johnson is married to Veronica Meinhard, Founder and President of Juniper Philanthropy Partners.

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