Dr. Johansson is the Director of Economics & Policy Analysis for the American Sugar Alliance, representing American sugarbeet and sugarcane growers, processors, and refiners.  Previously, Dr. Johansson worked in the U.S. government for 23 years.   In the early 1990’s, he was a Peace Corps aquaculture extension agent working with farmers in Zaire and Gabon; later as a government economist, he was a Senior Economist with the White House Council of Economic Advisers in the mid-2000’s; and finally, he finished his government career as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Chief Economist. There he was responsible for developing the first Trump Administration’s programs for farmers affected by the trade war with China as well as the farm assistance program for the COVID disruption of ag markets.