Chief Officer of External Relations

Prior to joining AFC, Johnathon was an award-winning journalist and an urban affairs reporter at the Chicago Tribune, where he wrote primarily about gentrification, minority communities, HIV/AIDS and youth culture.

He worked overseas as an editor at the South Africa-based magazine, Challenge: Churches and People; as a staff reporter at The Chicago Reporter, an investigative monthly magazine focused on race and poverty issues; and as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. In 2008, Johnathon was a finalist for a Salute to Excellence National Media Awards presented by the National Association of Black Journalists.

A Los Angeles native, Johnathon has a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in Communications and African/Afro-American Studies. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Health degree, with a focus on health communications, at DePaul University.