Kathryn Johnson

After twenty-five years as the Chief Executive Officer of Health Forum, Kathryn E. Johnson retired January 1, 2002. Health Forum offers health care leaders access to new information and fresh ideas to strengthen their organizations’ performance, and to improve the health of the communities they serve.

Ms. Johnson is a graduate of Indiana University and earned her masters degree in Organizational Behavior at Boston University. She served as the Director of Management Development at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 1969 to 1976. In 1976, she joined the Association of Western Hospitals, which reorganized and became The Healthcare Forum in 1987. In 1998, Ms. Johnson led the merger of The Healthcare Forum with the publishing and data and information subsidiaries of the American Hospital Association to create Health Forum.

Ms. Johnson was awarded a three-year Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship in 1984. She was selected Woman of the Year in 1992 by the Women Health Care Executives of Northern California and in 1993, she received the Key Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Association Executives. She was named the 1995 recipient of the UniHealth America Foundation’s prestigious Pinnacle Award. In 1998, she was honored by the Women’s Business Network for her outstanding leadership in Association Management.

Ms. Johnson is past chair of the American Society of Association Executives. She is also a former Board member of the National Hospice Organization, the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, St. Mary's College Health Services Administration Advisory Committee, the Western Network for Education in Health Administration, the Health Alliance, The Center for Health Design and HealthMagic. She also served on the Advisory Boards of the National Civic League, the Colorado Trust and The Academy for Leadership.

Ms. Johnson continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Forum Foundation and is active as a consultant to health care and not-for-profit organizations. She currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Film Institute of Northern California, and as a member of the Board of Directors of RENEW, the International Women’s Forum West, and the Women’s Health Alliance.

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