Peter R. Johnson, Program Director
Pete has worked at the Council of Great Lakes Governors since
April 1998. Prior to joining the Council, he worked at Trudy Nichol
and Associates, a grassroots and fundraising consulting firm. He
taught law and business at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
located in Canton, China in 1996. Prior to that, he practiced commercial
litigation with the firm of Bischoff, Maurides & Swabowski,
Ltd. for three and a half years, appearing in both Federal and State
courts throughout the Chicago metropolitan region on a wide variety
of issues ranging from superfund litigation to antitrust defense.
Pete has also served as a research consultant on two U.S. Senate
races in Illinois. He has a B.A. in Political Science from North
Park University and a J.D. from Boston College Law School, and has
been a member of the Illinois Bar since 1991.
E-mail: pjohnson@ cglg.org

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