Glen Johnson covered five presidential elections over three decades reporting for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, a string of local newspapers, and the historic City News Bureau of Chicago. He served as US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategic Communications from 2013 to 2017 under an appointment by President Barack Obama, and took over 100,000 photos of Secretary of State John Kerry during their international travels. Johnson proudly graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He now lives outside Boston.