Ruthie M. Johnson, MA, BS

Ruthie M. Johnson currently works as Project Program Specialist/Program Monitor for the Minority Initiative Sub-Recipient Grant Office (MISRGO) at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). She has held this position since 2003 and has garnered an even greater love for the fight against tobacco. Prior to this position she worked in the School of Business and Management for 18 years as a Program Manager for the Mid-South Delta Consortium funded through the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Ms. Johnson holds a BS in Business Education and MA in Management and Leadership. A long time employee of UAPB (37 years), she is a Certified Grants Specialist (CGS), Certified Grants Evaluator (CGE), Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS), Abstract Reviewer (10+ years) for the American Public Health Association (APHA) and continues to serve on the Arkansas Tobacco Control Advisory Board.