Champion on floor exercise and silver medalist on balance beam, Johnson is a three-time U.S. Champion on balance beam and floor exercise, the 2008 U.S. She is the 2007 individual all-around World Champion, 2007 World Champion on floor exercise, and a member of the 2007 gold medal-winning U.S. National Championships, and World Championships. Her rookie season included winning the all-around at the American Cup, Pan American Games, U.S.
Johnson is also the 2007 all-around World Champion, and a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist, winning the team titles in 20, as well as titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam in 2007. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. “I’m prouder still to reconnect under the leadership of Brandon and Marcia at a time when so many hardworking people in New Jersey still struggle to build a future.”įounded in 1997, NJPP is a non-profit, nonpartisan research organization that promotes policy solutions to advance economic, social, and racial justice.Shawn Johnson East (born Shawn Machel Johnson January 19, 1992) is an American former artistic gymnast. “I’m proud of all that NJPP has accomplished through 22 years of promoting economic justice,” said NJPP Board Vice-Chair Jon Shure. He returned to NJPP’s Board in 2018 and currently works as a Senior Director at Taft Communications in Lawrenceville. A graduate of Cornell University and the University of Missouri, Jon started his career as a reporter and transitioned to government, serving as Communications Director to Governor Jim Florio. He then became the Director of State Communications for the DC-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Jon Shure founded NJPP in 1997 and served as the think-tank’s President until 2009. I look forward to working with Marcia and Jon in our shared pursuit of a state government that puts the needs of the many before those of a chosen few.” “Marcia is one of the sharpest minds in New Jersey politics and has a proven record of success in nonprofit leadership. “NJPP is incredibly fortunate to have Marcia Marley leading the Board,” said NJPP President Brandon McKoy. She has served on NJPP’s board since 2013. Marcia previously taught macroeconomics at New York University and authored research papers on wealth and income inequality.
Marcia is the founder and President of BlueWaveNJ, a Montclair-based grassroots organization that advocates for progressive public policy, and has a PhD in economics from the University of California – Berkeley. Marcia Marley, who most recently served as the Secretary of NJPP’s Board of Trustees, brings a breadth of experience in grassroots organizing and economic research to her new role. In this period of unprecedented inequality, NJPP’s research and leadership have never been more relevant or necessary.” “I look forward to working with our outstanding new President, Brandon McKoy, and Board Vice-Chair Jon Shure to achieve the organization’s mission of economic prosperity and justice for all. “I am honored to chair the Board of NJPP, the state’s most influential and successful progressive ‘think-and-do tank,’” said NJPP Board Chair Marcia Marley. Jon Shure, NJPP’s founder and inaugural President, is the new Vice-Chair of the Board. Marley succeeds Jun Choi, former mayor of Edison, who served as Chair since 2016. Today, New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) announced Marcia Marley as the new Chair of the NJPP Board of Trustees.
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