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Ivan D. Johnson
Vice President of Community Relations & TeleVideo, Cox Arizona

A fifth generation native of Arizona, Ivan Johnson joined Cox Communications in 1980 as vice president of franchising. During his tenure with Cox Communications, he has served as vice president of community relations, manager of the Bullhead City system, state systems manager, regional operations manager for the East Valley, and manager of business development. In 1987, he was promoted to vice president of public affairs and business development. Since 1995 Johnson has been the vice president of community relations and televideo at Cox Communications Arizona.

Prior to Cox Communications, Johnson worked at the National Cable Television Association as vice president of association affairs. He also served at the Arizona Cable Television Association as executive director and at the Arizona Legislature as administrative assistant for the Arizona Senate majority leader.

He is the current chairman of the board of directors of the Arizona State Chamber of Commerce; he is also the current vice president of the Arizona Town Hall; past chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce; past president of the ASU MBA Council; board member of the WP Carey Dean’s Council of 100 and past president of the Arizona Cable Television Association.

Johnson holds a Masters of Business Administration and has a Bachelor's Degree in political science from Arizona State University. He is married to Dr. Janet Johnson and they have three children.