At-Large Member
Alvis Johnson of Harrodsburg is a retired educator who made his mark as a teacher and coach during his 28-year career.
After beginning his career in the Christian County schools, Johnson spent most of his education career in the Harrodsburg Independent schools, where he taught social studies, coached football and track and field and served as athletic director before retiring in 1998. He was the runner-up for the Walt Disney Company Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award in 1996.
His track and field teams at Harrodsburg High School won five state championships, and his football teams finished as state runners-up three times. He was inducted into the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1992 and into the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame in 2004.
Johnson became the first African American to serve as president of the National Federation of High School Athletics Board of Directors. He also served eight years on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Board of Control, which included a term as president.
He spent eight years as an assistant athletic director at the University of Kentucky before entering private business in 2006.
Johnson holds a bachelor's degree in education from Western Kentucky University, where he also played football, and a master's degree in history from Eastern Kentucky University.
He is a graduate of Christian County High School.
Johnson's term expires April 14, 2022.
KBE SPOTLIGHT | Alvis Johnson attests to the life-changing value of education
Alvis Johnson, left, a member of the Kentucky Board of Education, hears students in the Mercer County Day Treatment program discuss their beekeeping operation during a visit to the school. Johnson was a teacher, coach, athletic director and assistant principal during his education career, most of which was spent in the Harrodsburg Independent schools.
Photo by Mike Marsee, Feb. 13, 2020