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Justin Johnson

Deputy Chief of Staff

Justin R. Johnson brings a variety of public service experience to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He has served in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government, in the non-profit sector, and in the private sector as a newspaper reporter and editor.

Justin is currently coordinating the implementation of the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) pilot project at OPM. He is also responsible for OPM's High Priority Performance Goal on telework. Justin is actively involved in improving labor-management relations at OPM and across the government. He plays an ongoing role in most of Director Berry's policy initiatives.

In 1995, Justin joined the office of Senator David Pryor as press secretary. While there he was also a legislative assistant on energy and environmental policy. From 1996-2000, Justin served as a special assistant for policy, management and budget at the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he worked on interagency issues and the annual budget process. In November 2000, Justin began working for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation where he managed an annual competitive grants program and served as the government relations representative to the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Most recently Justin was the first executive director of the Missouri Prairie Foundation, a statewide non-profit land trust based in Columbia, Mo. He received a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Missouri. Justin and his wife Melissa Burns live in Washington, DC, with their two children, Moira and Luke.