Staff Directory

Jim Johnston

Creative Officer

Development | Donor Communications

Jim Johnston is the Creative Officer for the Leadership Institute’s Donor Communications division.  In this capacity, he’s responsible for sharing Morton Blackwell and the LI team’s accomplishments with donors and potential donors from across the country. 

Jim has more than two decades of experience writing high dollar direct mail fundraising letters for a variety of conservative and free-market organizations.  Jim is a native of Mississippi, and a graduate of Tulane University. He lives with his wife and three children in Alexandria, Virginia.