David T. Johnson
Born in 1954. National of the United States. President, SwanJohnson LLC; adjunct faculty member, Arizona State University; retired diplomat. Bachelor's degree in economics from Emory University; graduate of the National Defence College of Canada.
United States Foreign Service officer (1977-2011). Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, United States Department of State (2007-2011). Deputy Chief of Mission (2005-2007) and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. (2003-2005), United States Embassy, London. Afghan Coordinator for the United States (2002-2003). United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (1998-2001). Deputy Press Secretary at the White House and Spokesman for the National Security Council (1995-1997). Deputy Spokesman at the State Department (1995) and Director of the State Department Press Office (1993-1995). United States Consul General, Vancouver, Canada (1990-1993). Assistant National Trust Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States Treasury (1976-1977).
Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (since 2012) [1]. Member (2012-2017 and 2022-2024) and Chair (2014, 2018 and 2025) of the Committee on Finance and Administration. Member (2025) of the Standing Committee on Precursors. Member (2025) of the Standing Committee on GRIDS and Related Programmes. Second Vice-President and Chair (2019 and 2024), Vice-Chair (2022) and member (2020-2023) of the Standing Committee on Estimates.
[1] Elected by the Economic and Social Council on 27 April 2011; re-elected by the Council for a five-year term (2017-2022) on 5 April 2016; re-elected by the Council for a five-year term (2022-2027) on 20 April 2021.