John Johnson

In 1996, John started his career in public service as a fraud investigator for the New York City Department of Homeless Services. He quickly rose to the title of director before moving in 1999 to the City Department of Juvenile Justice as Director of Operations.

In 2001, John left city service to join a non-profit, soon becoming the Deputy Executive Director of an $80 million organization, which served clients in all five boroughs. In 2017, he returned to city government as the Assistant Commissioner for Operations under the Department of Homeless Services. John was responsible for over 600 buildings in his portfolio in that position. Within a year, he was promoted to Chief of Development, overseeing the construction of new shelters, handling temporary hotel capacity and managing a contracting department with over $1.7 billion in contracting capacity.

After leaving city service in 2019, John served as Chief Development Officer for a Bronx non-profit until 2020, when he became full time principal owner of TREDA, Inc., a unique consulting firm that caters to non-profits, housing developers and landlords who engage in public and private funding and temporary/transitional and permanent housing with and without supportive services.

John was appointed to Community Board 11 in 2020 as a Council Member Gjonaj nominee.