Randall Johnson
Executive Director, Southeastern Office for the North Carolina Biotech Center; NCEDA president
As the executive director of the local
Biotech Center, Johnson calls himself a “big consumer of news” meaning he checks publications on a regular basis. That includes the
Greater Wilmington Business Journal, StarNews, News and Observer, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business NC, The Economist and more. For pleasure, he enjoys
Our State, Wake Forest Magazine and
Boating Magazine.
Favorite websites and blogs Johnson regularly checks for work or pleasure include
NCEDA.org, NCBiotech.org, NCBioneer.com and
RadioParadise.com.
“I love to watch classic movies on
TCM, a wide range of most sports from rugby to tennis to hockey,
HBO’s Last Week Tonight,
Seinfeld reruns and
Food Network cooking shows with my family,” Johnson said. “My wife and I binge-watched
Ozark on
Netflix over the summer and can hardly wait for season 4.”
Favorite authors include
Malcolm Gladwell,
Daniel Pink, as well as fiction authors
Milan Kundera, Saul Bellow and
Ernest Hemingway.
“I also love the writings of poets, such as
Sharon Olds, Charles Simic, Mary Oliver and
Wallace Stevens. Right now, I’m reading
Zorba the Greek and
Listening to Design.”
Often-used apps include
Zoom and
SeeSaw.
LinkedIn:
@randalljohnsonnc
