Our Family Story

H. Fisk Johnson, Ph.D.

Education: BA in Chemistry and Physics, 1979; Master's of Engineering, 1980; MS in Physics, 1982; MBA in Marketing and Finance, 1984; and Ph.D. in Physics, 1986 - all from Cornell University.

Experience: Dr. H. Fisk Johnson is Chairman and CEO, SC Johnson, and the fifth generation Johnson family leader of the 122-year-old company. Dr. Johnson joined SC Johnson in 1987 as a Marketing Associate and held a series of positions of increasing responsibility until becoming Chairman in October 2000. These included, among others: Managing Director - Corporate New Products and Technologies; President and General Manager S. C. Johnson and Son, Limited in Canada; Vice President - Home Care Business, North American Consumer Products; President - Americas, India, Asia-Pacific; and Vice-Chairman of the global company.

Dr. Johnson also serves as Chairman of the Board of SC Johnson. Since 2002, he has served as a member of the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation (ACTPN). He is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development; Director on the Board of Conservation International (CI); serves on the Executive Board of CI's Center for Environmental Leadership in Business; serves on the Grocery Manufacturer's Association Board; and serves as Trustee Emeritus of Cornell University. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of S. C. Johnson & Son, Ltd. in Canada. Previously, he served as Director of Energizer Holdings, Inc. and Johnson Outdoors, Inc., as well as Trustee of the Chi Psi National Educational Trust.