John Johnston Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, US

Denver, Colorado, US

Director of Construction and Maintenance representing Colorado, Kansas, & Florida. Responsible for 22 market-rate assets, representing 5,200 units and $10MM in capital spend, as well as project managers in each market. Lead due diligence, budget development & reforecast, policies and procedure reviews, and third party relationships.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• My role as Project & Asset Manager is to lead capital improvement, manage assets, control budgets, and meet project deadlines at multifamily properties throughout North Carolina and Georgia.
• Assist with budget development, valuation of projects, and due diligence for six assets
• Negotiated contracts and capex expenditures realizing cost savings of ~$525,000 to date
• Completed $75MM of capital redevelopment projects and renovated 500+ units
• Coordinated and delivered 80% of capital improvement for four assets by month nine following acquisition (reduction of average 80% in 18 months), highest performance country for 1Q 2020
• Kick-started Process Improvement Committee to reshape departmental standard of practice and developed three actionables to improve Capital Department functioning during 3Q 2020

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• Led 48 business recruitment projects totaling $2.1B in economic impact and ~4,000 jobs
• Delivered presentations to over 75 interested parties or stakeholder groups (audiences including development/construction/equity firms & C-Suite individuals)
• Initiated and led strategy task force comprised of 20 municipal and private representatives to create marketing collateral
• Notable projects include: Amazon HQ2, Army Futures Command, Advance Auto Parts, and Pendo

Raleigh, NC, US

As Community Development Manager and interim lead of the Chamber's government affairs department, I advocate and build coalitions on behalf of the business community at the federal, state, and local levels for quality of life and businessissues.Other duties include policy agenda development, strategic communications, coordination of grassroots/tops.

• Performed research relative to the UNC Strategic Directions 2013-2018 in the form of executive summaries and institutional comparisons for President Thomas W. Ross and members of the Board of Governors
• Responsible for exhaustive data collection, analysis, data integrity, and problem solving of County Impact statements for UNC system accomplishments FY 2012 to be delivered to NC General Assembly
• Conducted collaborative research with the Director of State Government Relations to improve the State Relations Committee agendas, mission, and meeting schedule
• Coordinated meetings and trained to become web-assistant for the UNC Partnership for National Security website, proofing quality information to active and veteran military families
• Served as delegate to The Rural Center Board of Directors for UNC GA Vice President for International, Community and Economic Engagement, developing strategic plans for educational access to rural NC
• Organized relevant material for distribution to members of the Board of Governors Public Affairs committee

Greensboro, NC, US

• Managed Legislative Board staff of ten (10) reporting weekly, reviewing student fee expenditures totaling $150,000, and organizing programs encompassing each of UNCG’s seven schools and key administration
• Conducted weekly student senate meetings utilizing Robert’s Rule of Order to maintain meeting integrity among sixty members
• Maintained regular, bi-monthly meetings with all levels of upper administration to brief them on student concerns and ongoing SGA activities and policy development

Greensboro, NC, US

-Co-chaired with Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cherry Callahan (UNCG)-Evaluated budget increase requests from each academic, student affairs, and athletic departments-Made decisions regarding increase or decrease in budgets to be sent to the Committee on Fees for final approval by the Board of Governors of the UNC System

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

-Provided assistance and aid to North Carolina residents, directly communicating constituent concerns to Senator Burr by working with federal offices-Worked primarily with government agencies, such as HUD, VA, OMB

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy And Operations

Ba, Political Science And Sociology