Board of Directors

Dr. Danielle Johnson is the Director of the Daniel Acker Scholars Program at the University at Buffalo (UB), and is a graduate of the Higher Education PhD Program from UB. Dr. Johnson currently serves as the Treasurer of the Board of Directors for Open Buffalo. She also served as Chair of the Justice & Opportunity Coalition for the organization from August 2016 – January 2019, and is a graduate of the 2016 Class of Emerging Leaders through Open Buffalo. Dr. Johnson has provided jail support to protestors (waiting outside of holding centers for protestors to be released and transported to safe locations), demonstrated and protested at multiple demonstrations and direct actions. Dr. Johnson also serves as an Adjunct Professor in UB’s Sociology Department, where she teaches a course called SOC 204: Social Justice. Dr. Johnson also offers ideas and ways of connecting spiritual practices with social justice movement work.