DEI Conference
Opening Remarks – Dr. Karen Johnson
View the recording from the first DEI Summit, a full-day, in-person event with the theme “Opening Remarks – Dr. Karen Johnson” here.
Guest Speakers
Dr. Karen Johnson
Equity & Inclusion Adminstrator, Washington State Dept. of Corrections
The first Equity & Inclusion Adminstrator for the Washington State Department of Corrections, is an inspiring, authentic, servant leader with decades of experience working alongside others to achieve workforce equity and inclusive excellence for the breakthrough results. Dr. Johnson received her doctorate from Old Dominion Universioty, serves as adjunct faculty for the Master’s of Public Adminstration program at The Everglade State College, and teaches weekend intensives on implicit bias and dismantling racism in the public sector. Karen began her public service career as an Occupational Therapist with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and has decades of experience as both a manager in the non-profit sector and executive leader in federal and state government, including serving as the Chief Adminstrative Officer for the James E. Van Zandt Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Altoon, PA. She has an extensive portfolio of community service and her lfe work is to advance liberty and justice for all.
