Wednesday, April 8 at 12:10pm ET
The Election Law Society is excited to host Kevin Johnson, the executive director of Election Reformers Network, a leading national nonprofit working on modernizing American democratic institutions to guard against growing polarization and distrust in elections.
Kevin Johnson is co-founder and executive director of Election Reformers Network, a nonpartisan nonprofit advancing innovations that protect elections from polarization. Since 2017 Kevin has led ERN’s research and advocacy programs focused on impartial election governance, independent redistricting, and voting rules. Kevin draws on decades of experience supporting emerging democracies overseas and advancing reforms in the US. Kevin has authored studies of secretary of state conflict of interest, election commission models, comparative election management, and proportional approaches to electoral college reform. He has also published more than two dozen op-eds on a wide range of reform topics in media outlets including The Washington Post, Governing, The Fulcrum, and The Hill. Kevin has held board or advisory positions with The Carter Center, Common Cause Massachusetts, Rank the Vote, and American Promise. For 18 years Kevin ran Liberty Global Partners, an investment advisory firm focused on venture capital and private equity in emerging markets.
