Andrea L. Johnson
Program Officer
International Development

Andrea Johnson, a program officer in Carnegie Corporation of New York's International Development Program, works on issues of gender equity in higher education and other elements of university strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa. Her previous areas of program work include transitions to democracy in Africa, development assistance reform and public and policymaker education about Africa.

A former Peace Corps volunteer who spent two years in Riobamba, Ecuador, Johnson has research and professional experience in both the United States and in the developing world. She joined the Corporation in 1991 from the New York City Department of Transportation where she was a research assistant and operations analyst. She has also worked at the Mozambique Ministry of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the College of William and Mary and a Master of International Affairs degree in economic and political development from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She is undertaking doctoral studies at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Johnson has been active in community organizations and was a founding leader of Harlem Initiatives Together (now part of Upper Manhattan Together), which is affiliated with the national Industrial Areas Foundation network. She currently serves on the steering committee of the Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group.