Cathy Johnson

Associate, The Futures Strategy Group

Cathy Johnson is a freelance researcher and editor who provides research, administrative, and production support to the Futures Strategy Group. Ms. Johnson has worked with the Principals of FSG since the mid-1980s at The Futures Group, Inc. and later at Deloitte and FSG. She has contributed significantly to many of the scenario projects conducted by these organizations.

Prior to the recent FSG work, Ms. Johnson was Manager of Production Services at The Futures Group for 20 years, coordinating the final printed products for all their proposals, reports, presentations, and marketing efforts. She provided proofreading and copyediting services, as well as graphic and report design. She designed many of The Futures Group’s publications for their multiyear USAID contracts and private and government scenario projects.

Ms. Johnson has also provided research assistance and support for competitive intelligence firms, as well as report design, marketing and web research, website development, database management, desktop publishing, brochure and ad development and design, and trade show preparation. She has provided design assistance for medical education programs. She has also designed, proofed, and facilitated printing of several privately published books.

Representative client engagements include:

• Project Horizon , a U.S. government inter-agency strategic planning exercise
• USCG project to develop and produce a publication laying out scenario planning heritage in the Service and to codify an emerging strategic planning doctrine
• FAA/NASA for the Joint Planning and Development Office for the Next Generation Air Transportation System to develop a scenario-based set of strategies for the U.S.
• USCG Project Evergreen strategic planning
• Business recovery scenarios for a large New York financial institution
• A study to investigate future market value of the Panama Canal
• A scenario-based evaluation of Latin American automotive market potential
• Two major engagements that explored R&D priorities and considered alternative organizational structures to meet future market demands and requirements for NASA aeronautics
• Multiple USAID publications
• Editorial support for several privately published books

Ms. Johnson holds a BA degree in English from Central Connecticut State University, with graduate studies in linguistics.