About Camille Johnston

Camille Johnston, who brings more than 30 years of communications leadership experience from the White House, pro sports, and private industry, is JHU’s vice president for communications.

Johnston joined Johns Hopkins from the Siemens Corporation, where she served as senior vice president for corporate affairs leading corporate communications, strategy, DEI and Sustainability for the multinational technology company. Recruited in 2010 to grow the company’s reputation in the U.S., Johnston was responsible for developing, leading, and implementing an integrated communications, marketing, and brand strategy nationwide. Previously, Ms. Johnston served at The White House, as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for First Lady Michelle Obama.

Prior to the White House, Ms. Johnston worked as a communications consultant for the Entertainment Industry Foundation on the Stand Up To Cancer campaign, the nationally televised fundraising special that aired simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC and raised more than $100 million for cancer research.  From 2005 to 2008, Ms. Johnston was the Senior Vice President of Communications for the Los Angeles Dodgers, overseeing corporate communications, media relations, internal communications, publications, and broadcasting.

A veteran of the 1992 and 1996 Clinton-Gore campaigns, Ms. Johnston served as Communications Director for Mrs. Tipper Gore, Press Secretary for Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Education Secretary Richard Riley, and Communications Director for OSHA.  At the end of the Clinton Administration in 2001, Ms. Johnston joined Rodale Inc. the largest independent publisher in the U.S. as Vice President of Corporate Communications. From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Johnston was the Director of Communications for WBBM-TV in Chicago, Illinois.

Ms. Johnston serves on the Board of Directors of BBB National Programs.  She holds a B.A. in political science from UCLA and is based in Washington, DC.