Leadership

LEONA JOHNSTON OF ARIZONA CHAIR NFRW OUTREACH COMMITTEE E-mail:

Leona Johnston of Fountain Hills, Ariz., has been a member of the NFRW Board of Directors since her appointment to the Outreach Committee in 2004. She has been chairman since 2006. As Diversity/Outreach Chairman for the Arizona FRW, Johnston was involved at the state level in many diversity/outreach projects. She served as secretary of the Navajo Code Talker Memorial Foundation. She is a charter member of the Latino Republican Association, a member of the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Black Republican Association, and has participated in events in the Korean-American and Chinese-American communities.

As 1st Vice-President of the Arizona FRW, Johnston is in charge of programs. She served two years as 2nd Vice-President in charge of membership. She is a precinct committeeman and a state committeeman, and belongs to several Republican clubs in the Phoenix area, serving on boards of directors as a political education chairman, awards chairman, and publicity chairman. She also serves on the advisory board for the Dodie Londen Excellence in Leadership Series, a mentoring program for women interested in becoming involved in GOP politics.