Kim Johnson

Kim Johnson, MBA
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS OF NIATx, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Kim Johnson is the deputy director for operations of NIATx, a research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that focuses on systems improvement in behavioral health. She is also director of the ACTION (Adopting Changes to Improve Outcomes Now) Campaign, a national campaign to improve access to and retention in treatment. Prior to her move to Wisconsin, Kim served for seven years as the director of the Office of Substance Abuse in Maine. During her tenure as Maine's SSA she focused on improving availability to treatment through cross-system efforts, including developing a model treatment program for criminal justice clients, improved referral systems for child welfare clients and increased access to medication-assisted treatment through work with Medicaid, primary care, and the public health system. Kim has also been an executive director of a treatment agency, managed intervention and prevention programs and been a child and family therapist. She has a master's degree in counselor education and an MBA.