THE PRINCIPALS

 

 

Leslie R. Johnson is President and Founder of GreenTree Communications.  Formerly, she was Director of Public Relations for Ortho Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson.  Mrs. Johnson also held corporate level public relations and investor relations positions at Richardson-Merrill, Inc. and Revlon, Inc.  She has extensive experience in the creation and execution of broad-range public relations programs.

 

Mrs. Johnson was the first woman and youngest person to chair the Public Relations Section of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.  She was also the first chairman of the National Pharmaceutical Council Committee on Consumer Organizations.

 

A graduate of the University of Colorado, Mrs. Johnson studied in Paris, France, at the Alliance Francaise and in New York City at the New School for Social Research.  She is a graduate of the American Management Association’s Management Course and has been a member of the Public Relations Society of America for over 25 years.

 

 

Douglas R. Johnson, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, joined GreenTree Communications in 1985 from Cytogen Corporation, where he was Vice President of Marketing.  Also, he held senior management positions with Novo Laboratories, Squibb-Novo and Ortho Pharmaceuticals.

 

Twenty years of management experience with international pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations has given Dr. Johnson an extensive knowledge of marketing, public relations, and investor relations.  As a writer, Dr. Johnson has authored scientific articles, magazine feature articles, annual reports, quarterly reports, and a variety of press materials.

 

Dr. Johnson is a graduate of Middlebury College and was awarded a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Minnesota. He also is a graduate of the American Management Association’s Corporate Investor Relations program.