Michael Johns is a health care executive, former White House and U.S. federal government official, and a conservative policy analyst and writer. He is one of several national founders and leaders of the U.S. Tea Party movement.
In addition to his extensive private sector career, Michael has served as a White House speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush, a senior aide to former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ), and a senior United States Senate aide to U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). Michael began his career as a policy analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation and as an editor of the foundation's scholarly magazine, Policy Review.
Michael has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, National Review, and other national media.
He has appeared on CBS News, PBS, CNBC, C-SPAN, Al Jazeera, Fox Morning News, and other networks.
Michael is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he majored in economics and graduated with honors.
He resides in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
"Michael Johns' political commentary stands out as level-headed, thorough and highly entertaining...A great summary of the social climate."--The Right News, September 20, 2007.
"Conservative bloggers and those inside the Beltway often do not see eye to eye on issues. Michael Johns, however, has been a part of both worlds. He is the bridge between today's blogosphere and the Reagan-Bush era."--All Right Magazine, September 18, 2007.