Kalima Johnson is Vice President of Government Relations at The Parkside Group. In this capacity she works with Parkside’s rapidly growing nonprofit practice group.
Previously, Kalima served as the Associate Director of Advocacy and Partnerships at The Education Trust--New York where she led the advocacy strategy for the organization's policy agenda and managed a statewide partnerships portfolio of advocates and business leaders.
Kalima has extensive experience in education and government. She spent five years working as a Senior Legislative Policy Analyst at the New York City Council where she advised former Council Speakers and council members on critical education and aging policies. Kalima also taught second and third grade special education for three years.
A native of Brownsville, Brooklyn, Kalima holds a master’s degree in special education from Hunter College and a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from the University at Albany.