NLIHC is pleased to welcome Kim Johnson as its newest housing policy analyst.
Kim is responsible for identifying and analyzing federal policy and regulatory activities related to NLIHC’s priorities, and then advocating around those policies and activities on Capitol Hill while also working with the NLIHC Field Team to engage NLIHC’s membership and network in field advocacy. Kim will focus on housing protections in the Violence Against Women Act, criminal justice reform, and evictions. A member of the policy team, Kim will report to Vice President of Public Policy Sarah Saadian.
Born and raised in the Washington, DC suburbs, Kim is a recent graduate of George Washington University, where she earned a master’s degree in public policy. During her graduate program, she interned with Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future and with the Senate Minority Health Committee. She also held a fellowship with the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Before graduate school, Kim resided in Harrisonburg, VA, working as an advocate for survivors of sexual and domestic violence. In 2014, she served on an advisory committee to the Obama Administration’s White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. Kim received her B.S. in Psychology and an M.A. in Psychological Sciences from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA.
Please join us in welcoming Kim to the NLIHC team.