Fred Johnson is a retired Infantry Colonel and Bronze Star for Valor recipient who served 29 years in the United States Army to include deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia.
Fred is the author of Five Wars: A Soldier’s Journey to Peace and Soft Skills in Hard Place: The Perryville Battlefield Leadership Experience. Fred is an inspired storyteller who has spoken on stage with TEDx, The Storyteller’s Project, the Louisville Moth Story Slam and he has been published in Reader’s Digest and Kentucky Living. Fred is the founder of The Perryville Battlefield Leadership Experience, an interactive leadership workshop set on the historic site of Kentucky’s bloodiest Civil War battle.
He is the co-founder of Shakespeare with Veterans, a program that helps veterans tell their story through the words and plays of William Shakespeare. He is also a volunteer with Restorative Justice Louisville and Kentucky Humanities with Veterans Creative Writing Workshop.
Fred is from Centralia, Illinois and is a graduate of Wofford College. He also has two Masters degrees. Fred is married to Dr. Laura Eckler Johnson and they live in Louisville, Kentucky.