Michael Johnson returned to SGA as president in May 2017 after previously serving as vice president of advancement from 1996-2004. Michael combines an extensive background in the marketing and advertising field, as well as broad experience in lay church ministry and international missions. Michael’s advertising career began with Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising in New York City, and continuing with the Bloom Agency and then Gray Advertising. Prior to his return to SGA, Michael served for several years as senior vice president of the highly respected firm Douglas Shaw and Associates in Naperville, Illinois. Michael’s unique experiences in the business world, coupled with his years of dedication to Christian missions, especially in the countries of the former Soviet Union, have prepared him to lead SGA’s ministries forward in the challenging days ahead. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree and certificate from a two-year Bible institute, is a licensed minister of the Gospel and received an Honorary Doctorate from the All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists for his work in that country. He and his wife, Erin, have two grown sons, Alex and Lukas.