Mitzi Johnson is Senior Leadership Faculty and Coach at KS Insight and is a leader and leadership coach and trainer with more than 20 years of experience. Mitzi is the former Speaker of the House, Vermont Legislature (91st Speaker and third female Speaker of the House). She is recognized for establishing collaborative working relationships across diverse stakeholder groups and creating a transparent and inclusive process.

Mitzi brings to her leadership training practice decades of lived examples of leading through crises and conflicts, building and strengthening organizations, and creating cultural change – with their successes and struggles. Mitzi is also a member of the inaugural design team for the Women Igniting Leadership Lab program at KS Insight.

Mitzi currently is a board member for the Vermont Foodbank as well as the Adaptive Leadership Network, a nonprofit engaged in leadership training and complex problem solving. She directs the Beacons of Democracy project at the State Legislative Leadership Foundation and teaches public budgeting and management to MPPA students. She previously served on the Vermont Electric Cooperative Board of Directors. She volunteered for 20 years with South Hero Rescue and is a former board member of the Chittenden-Grand Isle County VNA, South Hero Land Trust, and UVM’s College of Agriculture and Life Science Advisory Board. Prior to her election as Speaker of the House, Mitzi served on the Committee on Agriculture from 2003-2006 and the Committee on Appropriations from 2007-2016, as Vice Chair from 2010-2014, and as Chair from 2015-2016.

Mitzi earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and International Development from the University of Vermont and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a member of the teaching team for Adaptive Leadership and received coaching training from Coaches Rising in the Netherlands.