David A. Johnson serves with Testimony Ministries as a strategic advisor and provides oversight for our fundraising and partnership strategies. He is an ordained Minister who has earned his Master of Arts in Bible Exposition with a Certificate in Theology, from the Talbot School of Theology at BIOLA University in Los Angeles, California, and has a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California. David has a passion for using his 35-year-plus career experience in higher education technology, faith-based ministries, and stewardship to create impact and change in communities.
Beyond is service on our board, David A. Johnson is Chief Philanthropist for The Johnson Family Foundation and also serves on the Presbyterian Church, National Committee for the Self Development of People. This group consists of individuals who are dissatisfied with poverty and oppression and participate in the empowerment of economically poor, oppressed, and disadvantaged people, seeking to change the structures that perpetuate poverty, oppression and injustice. Through these efforts and more, David serves as philanthropist and board member for a diversified set of initiatives with other social justice community based organizations in California.
David is happily married to his wife of over 30 years, InaMarie Johnson, and a dedicated father of two adult children, Ashlee Johnson-Geisse, founder of Brown Girls Farms, and Attorney Aaron A. Johnson, Esquire. He calls Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California and Incline Village, Nevada, in Lake Tahoe home and loves biking, kayaking, snowshoeing, and watching movies.