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Lionel C. Johnson's career spans 25 years in the private, public and NGO sectors. He was recently named Senior Managing Director of GWI Consulting, the business arm of GoodWorks International LLC. Johnson is also a Senior Advisor for Global Business, Trade and Investment to Creative Associates International, Inc.

Johnson is a member of the boards of the United States Council for International Business, the International Center, and the University of the District of Columbia Foundation. He is also a member of the steering group of the Stanley Foundation’s multiyear project on New Power Dynamics in Southeast Asia, and is Treasurer of the Corporate Council on Africa.

As Vice President and Director, International Government Affairs of Citigroup, Inc. from 1996-2007, Johnson was responsible for advancing Citigroup’s international government affairs agenda through engagement of senior executive and legislative branch officials, regulatory agencies, and multilateral institutions in the United States and in over 100 markets abroad.

Johnson served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Development, Debt and Environment Policy in the Clinton Administration. In that role, he advised Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin on economic, financial, and environmental issues and directed United States participation in the World Bank, the Paris Club and other international financial institutions. As Senior Advisor for Resources, Plans and Policy he advised Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Department principals on the allocation of International Affairs budget resources in response to urgent global, political, social and economic developments. Johnson also served as a member of the Department of State Policy Planning Staff.

Johnson was a member of the Clinton/Gore transition team, serving as Senior Assistant to Secretary of State Warren Christopher. During the 1992 campaign, he was Assistant to Senior Foreign Policy Advisors Anthony Lake and Samuel R. Berger.

Johnson was a Senior Program Officer of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) from 1990-1993. He directed the Institute’s democratic development programs in Haiti, including collaboration with former President Jimmy Carter in support of the country’s 1990 elections. Johnson also managed NDI programs in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa.

As a member of the U.S. Foreign Service from 1982-1990, Johnson served as Political Officer in Kenya; Executive Secretariat Staff Officer; Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines; Vice Consul in Haiti; and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State George P. Shultz and James A. Baker, III.

Johnson served as a graduate instructor of U.S. foreign policy and American politics at the City University of Manila, Philippines from 1985-1987. He received his BA in Political Science from Rutgers University in 1982. Johnson’s foreign language is French. He has two children.