Eric Johnson
President
Eric Johnson, Colonel, USAF (ret), began his Air Force career flying combat rescue missions over Cambodia, and, after serving in flying and staff assignments around the world, he retired thirty years later after serving as the air attaché at the American Embassy in Saudi Arabia and in the Netherlands.
A deacon at Christ Episcopal Church, he was a founder of the Anacortes Family Center emergency shelter and the Anacortes Kiwanis Aktion Club for adults with disabilities. He is a member of Board of Advisors of the Salvation Army, president of the Anacortes Community Health Council, past president of the Anacortes Kiwanis Club, and served on the Anacortes city council for the eight-and-a-half years.
His latest initiative was heading the Synergy Project, an effort that pooled some of the resources of the city, the Samish Nation and service clubs in starting an infant care and preschool facility in Anacortes.
Married to Lynette since 1969, their daughter lives in Alabama and their son in Colorado