Lin Johnson is a current Ed.L.D candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previously, he was the Deputy Superintendent of Finance & Business Operations at Shelby County Schools in Memphis, Tennesee. He also served as a special project director at the Tennessee Department of Education. Lin worked with the D.C. Public Charter School Board to provide high-quality educational choices to students. He holds a master's in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School, a master's in business administration from MIT Sloan School of Management and a bachelor's in economics from Reed College.