Michael S. Johnson recently retired from the staff of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), where he served as Vice President, and later as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff. Prior to his work in regional accreditation, Dr. Johnson served in academic administration and as a faculty member at Spring Hill College. He previously held faculty positions at the University of New Orleans and at Cornell University. He earned degrees in economics from Davidson College and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.