Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson is the executive director of development at Tufts University, where he oversees school-based fundraising and advancement for Tufts’ undergraduate colleges as well as its seven graduate and professional schools. In addition, Johnson acts as a principal-gift officer, working with the president and other senior leaders on leadership gifts to the university. Johnson has 24 years of fundraising experience, 20 of them at Tufts, where he began his career as a major-gift officer in the School of Arts and Sciences. He has worked as director of development for the School of Arts and Sciences, deputy director of development for the university, and director of principal and leadership gifts. He has been executive director since 2005. Johnson helped develop the President’s Marathon Challenge in 2003, the year he ran his first marathon. Since then, he has stayed active in the program and has run 17 marathons to date. Johnson’s parents are both Tufts alumni from the class of 1954. Johnson holds a B.A. in political science from George Washington University.