Dan N. Johnson is an American politician and retired educator who served as a member of the

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ...

from 2019 to 2024, representing 3rd and 4th districts.

Education

Johnson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Peru State College, a Master of Science in secondary education from the

University of Nebraska Omaha The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is a public research university in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 1908 by faculty from the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary as a private non-sectarian college, the university was origin ...

, an EdD in educational leadership from

Argosy University Argosy University was a private for-profit university with campuses throughout the United States owned by Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH), LLC and Education Management Corporation. On February 27, 2019, the U.S. Department of Educat ...

, and an EdS in educational administration from

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the M ...

Career

Prior to entering politics, Johnson served as assistant superintendent of the Tooele County School District. Since 2011, he has been the director of Edith Bowen Laboratory School in

Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public university, public land grant colleges, land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah, United States. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's federal ...

. He was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on January 2, 2019. Johnson served as an educator for over 49 years, and for 42 of those years he was an administrator. In March 2020, Johnson authored a bill to make school lunches for low-income students more affordable. Johnson announced his retirement in 2024 and did not seek re-election that year. He sat on the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, House Education Committee, and House Transportation Committee in his final term.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Dan Living people Peru State College alumni University of Nebraska Omaha alumni Argosy University alumni University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Utah State University faculty Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Utah Legislature