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Director of Regulatory Affairs
Contact for regulatory and environmental affairs issues

As director of regulatory affairs for MMA, Johnston is responsible for advocacy to state regulatory agencies and the legislature in the areas of air and water quality, solid and hazardous waste, wetlands, economic growth issues and electric industry restructuring. In addition to testifying on behalf of the manufacturing industry, Johnston leads several MMA member policy committees, including the MMA Air Quality, Water Quality and Environmental Quality Advisory Committees.

Johnston has extensive experience in state government and the legislative process. He served as director of Republican Programs and Research in the Michigan House of Representatives under both Speaker Paul Hillegonds and Republican Leader Ken Sikkema. Johnston started his work in the legislature in 1991, on the Programs and Research staff, as a policy advisor to the Business and Finance Committee. Among several other committee assignments, he served as lead staffperson on the re-write of Michigan’s Air Act. Prior to that post, Johnston served in the Michigan Department of Commerce and worked as an environmental ombudsman in the Office of the Michigan Business Ombudsman. He joined MMA in 1999.

Johnston holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Michigan.

Johnston may be reached at 517-487-8554 or johnston@mma-net.org.