George Johnson Jr.

Communication Director, Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America
Silver Spring, Maryland
Age: 37

As the Society of Adventist Communicators’ executive director, George Johnson has his hands in the group’s annual meeting by dealing with finances, sponsorships, contracts, location and vision. However as communication director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America he indirectly has an impact on all 30 to 40 meetings that the North American Division produces. Besides frequently consulting on event promotion, Johnson’s main responsibility is communicating the message of each event to the denomination’s nine regional magazines throughout the U.S., Canada and Bermuda, as well as overseeing media relations with local and national press. Because he started as an intern at a NAD regional conference office in 1997 before returning in 2002 and moving up the ranks in the headquarter’s communication office, he regularly encourages college students to pursue internships and gain as much experience as possible. The little free time he has usually is spent in the gym with his wife Kimberly or with his two sons George and Joshua. —J. Garrett