Jerry N. Johnson
General Manager

Jerry Johnson currently serves as General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority. The Authority provides retail and wholesale water and wastewater treatment services to the District of Columbia and parts of Virginia and Maryland with a customer base of approximately 2 million. The Water and Sewer Authority operates Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is the largest advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in the world.

Mr. Johnson is nationally known as a turnaround specialist. As the first General Manager of the newly created Authority, he guided it from an unrated agency with a projected $8 million deficit to one with an A+ credit rating and $170 million reserve in two years. He has developed long term capital and financial plans, a comprehensive rate strategy in addition to resolving major regulatory agency actions. Public/private partnerships, infrastructure planning, and organizational development are also among Johnson's areas of expertise.

Prior to joining the Water and Sewer Authority, Mr. Johnson served as Deputy City Manager for Operations in the City of Richmond, Virginia. During his tenure in Richmond, he also served as Director of Public Utilities, responsible for four separate utility operations including gas, electric, water and wastewater providing service to the metropolitan Richmond area. He has also been the General Manager for the Metropolitan Richmond Convention and Visitors Bureau, responsible for marketing the metropolitan area for tourism and conventions. Mr. Johnson began his service in Richmond as the Director of Community Facilities for the City.

Before moving to Richmond, he was Assistant to the City Manager for the City of Alexandria, Virginia and was a Senior Planner for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia.

He graduated with a Business Degree from Ferrum College; a Degree in Urban Affairs and Economics from Virginia Tech and completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University.

He serves on a number of boards and commissions, holds leadership positions in several national organizations and has numerous honors and awards resulting from his professional accomplishments and community involvement. He also has a number of publications to his credit.

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