Mike Johnson

Leadership & Staff

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Dan Ziegler Staff aide to House speaker Mike Johnson, previously worked at the Heritage Foundation's political arm, “Heritage Action for America,”

• Position

Hayden Haynes Rep. Mike Johnson chief of staff, previously Sen./Rep. David Vitter staff

• Chief of Staff

Raj Shah House Speaker Mike Johnson comms, former Fox News VP, Trump White House, RNC

• communications (Oct 31 '23→?)

Brittan Specht

• counselor (Nov '23→Jun '24)

Jason Yaworske

• senior policy advisor (Oct '23→Jun '24)

Preston Hill

• senior policy advisor (Oct '23→Jun '24)

Hogan Gidley Trump White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary; Former Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party

• Position

Ruth Ward Rep. Mike Johnson chief of staff

• Position

Hannah Fraher House Speaker Mike Johnson staffer

• Position

Chris Bien House Speaker Mike Johnson staffer

• Position

Business Positions

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Jordan Peterson group | promoting conservative activism | Previously known as Prosperity UK 2017 Limited #1051995

• Member, Advisory Board

Positions

Living Waters Publications Biblical Evangelism training camps

• Board Member ('13→?)

Providence Classical Academy

• Position

Freedom Guard defenders of public officials who refuse to follow same-sex marriage laws

• founder ('14→'18)

Alliance Defending Freedom Legal ministry bringing together Christian lawyers

• senior legal counsel ('02→'10)

Louisiana Christian University Private Baptist college in Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.

• Board of trustees chair [+1]

• Pressler Law School dean (Sep '10→Aug '12)

First Liberty Institute Texas based non profit founded in 1997, the largest US legal organization dedicated exclusively to protecting religious liberty

• Position ('11→'12)*

Exodus International Defunct Christian gay-conversion therapy organization

• Advisor

Liberty University Private Christian University in Lynchburg, Virginia founded by Jerry Falwell in 1971

• online instructor

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Mike Johnson For Louisiana

• 1 contribution · 100 USD (Oct 26 '23)

Campaign Donors

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Grady Carlton Golden President , Builders Supply Company, Inc - Bossier City Louisiana

• 9 contributions · 17,900 USD (Mar 21 '19→Jun 10 '22)

Frank Scott Moran Retired - Moran Oil, Shreveport, Louisiana.

• 13 contributions · 17,000 USD (Mar 21 '19→Apr 14 '22)

Cary Katz Founder, Poker Central; founder College Loan Corporation

• 5 contributions · 16,200 USD (Sep 29 '16→Mar 31 '17)

Esperanza Moran Shreveport, Louisiana.

• 7 contributions · 11,550 USD (Mar 21 '19→Dec 23 '21)

Barbara "Bobbi" Grigsby

• 4 contributions · 11,400 USD (Jul 20 '20→Mar 28 '22)

Jacqueline Katz Las Vegas Nevada

• 3 contributions · 10,800 USD (Oct 29 '16→Nov 2 '16)

Dick Uihlein Billionaire founder and CEO of shipping supplies manufacturer Uline; great grandson of August Uihlein, co-founder of Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.

• 3 contributions · 10,800 USD (Apr 12 '17)

Roger Hertog American businessman, financier and conservative philanthropist

• 3 contributions · 10,000 USD (Aug 17 '17)

Deborah Stanberry Shreveport, Louisiana

• 3 contributions · 8,600 USD (Jun 17 '20→Feb 4 '22)

Todd Grigsby CEO Cajun Industries

• 3 contributions · 8,500 USD (Mar 14 '19→Jan 20 '22)

Memberships

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 3 '17→Jan 3 '27)

Council for National Policy Secretive right-wing umbrella group for U.S. Christian autocracy movement

• Member ('12→?)

First Baptist Haughton Louisiana Baptist church

• Member

Alliance Defending Freedom Legal ministry bringing together Christian lawyers

• Member

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

Family

Kelly Johnson Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson's wife

• wife ('99→?)

Janis Gabriel Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson's stepmother

• Relative

Services & Transactions

Ray Comfort Christian minister/evangelist who started Living Waters Publications

• was interviewed on Mike & Kelly Johnson's (now deleted) podcast

Covenant Eyes Porn-monitoring software

• Service/Transaction [+1]

• Service/Transaction

Schools

LSU Law Public law school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• School

Social

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Lee Beaman Beaman Automotive Group, Nashville Tennessee

• landlord

Dan Bishop US Representative from North Carolina

• roommate

Andy Ogles Conservative Tennessee Congressman, businessman, activist

• roommate

Steve Berger conservative pastor; opposes separation of church and state

• roommate

Josh Duggar Convicted sex offender, incarcerated; former reality tv personality; assoc with Family Research Council (FRC)

• Social

Tony Perkins American politician, pastor, evangelical lobbyist, Family Research Council president, Council for National Policy (CNP)

• Social [+1]

• longtime mentor

Jack Hibbs Radical right-wing California megachurch pastor

• Professional

Jeff Landry Louisiana governor, former AG, congressman

• Professional

Amy Coney Barrett Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

• friend ('88→?)

Woody Jenkins Baton Rouge, LA Newspaper Editor and Former LA State Representative

• Professional

Miscellaneous Relationships

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Faithful America

• Affiliation

Grow The Majority Republican House PAC

• an initiative

Adelita Grijalva Arizona congressmember (D)

• Affiliation

Wall Builders TX-based organization promoting pseudohistory about Christian basis of U.S.; argues Separation of Church & State contradicts beliefs of Founding Fathers

• Affiliation

Mike Johnson For Louisiana

• candidate PAC

National Association of Christian Lawmakers Christian fundamentalist organization

• Affiliation

Council for National Policy Secretive right-wing umbrella group for U.S. Christian autocracy movement

• Affiliation

ARC Conference 2023 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship inaugural conference in November 2023.

• host (Oct 30 '23→Nov 1 '23)* [+1]

• host (Oct 30 '23→Nov 1 '23)

Worldwide Freedom Initiative Right-wing alliance

• Affiliation

12Tribe Films Foundation

• Affiliation