Staff

The Honorable Karen A. Johnson is the former Assistant Secretary of Education for Congressional and Legislative Affairs under President George W Bush. In this Senate-confirmed position she was the Department of Education’s primary contact with Capitol Hill. Before entering the Bush administration, Karen was vice president of social marketing and public affairs at Porter Novelli, where she oversaw clients including Catholic Charities and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Karen’s work is recognized internationally as well. She works with the International Republican Institute to train Iraqi women leaders and serves as a mentor to women leaders in Jordan and Egypt through CLIME . She has also worked with a disability coalition in Albania. Most recently she traveled to Afghanistan to work with 20 newly elected women Members of Parliament on constituent services, leadership and organization. She is on the Board of the Washington Mathematics Science Technology Public Charter High School in the District of Columbia. Karen began her career as a staff assistant for Congressman Duncan L. Hunter (R- CA). She is a graduate of Appalachian State University. She is the veteran of six marathons and has hiked to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Amy is HealthCorps Director of Corporate Communications. She brings over twenty years' experience in communications, journalism and marketing to her role. Prior to HealthCorps, she worked for five years as Director of Communications in Corporate Marketing for New York State's chief economic development agency, Empire State Development, where she launched a quarterly newsletter that served as the main marketing vehicle for the state, organized trade missions and economic summits and represented New York State at official functions. Before moving to New York City, Amy spent five years in Milan, Italy where she launched a beauty trade magazine for Fairchild Publications and served as Italian correspondent for Women's Wear Daily and Crain Communications' Advertising Age and Electronic Media. She published her first poetry chapbook, "Views from the Driveway," in 2008 and participates regularly in literary readings in New York City and Philadelphia. Amy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Villanova University and a Masters in Business Administration from the Thunderbird School. She serves as Board Member of the Italian American Writers Association; is a member of the Communications Task Advisory Board of the NJ Department of Health’s ShapingNJ health initiative and belongs to the International Association of Business Communicators.

Meghan Berry is a HealthCorps Regional Supervisor, overseeing HealthCorps sites and coordinators in Texas, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Louisiana, and Florida. In addition she was a Summer Institute Director, providing initial training for all new HealthCorps Coordinators. Meghan began her career with HealthCorps in 2008, working as a HealthCorps coordinator at Tampa Technical High School, teaching HealthCorps’ nutrition, fitness, and mental strength curriculum to hundreds of students and faculty each year. In addition to her work with HealthCorps Meghan regularly volunteered at a substance abuse treatment center in Tampa where she taught female residential clients how to live a healthier lifestyle for themselves and their families. A 2007 graduate of Florida State University, Meghan is passionate about helping at risk adolescents and young adults improve their decision making skills and health.