Sara Johnson is Executive Director, Global Economics with IHS Markit.  In this role, she helps clients assess worldwide business opportunities and risks.  IHS Markit provides economic forecasts of over 200 countries. Ms. Johnson co-authors the Global Executive Summary, manages the Executive Strategy Council, and presents the economic outlook to international conferences. She was previously North American Research Director with Standard & Poor’s DRI and Managing Director of Global Macroeconomics with Global Insight, predecessors of IHS Markit Economics and Country Risk.   

Ms. Johnson holds a B.A. degree in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College and an M.A. in economics from Harvard University with concentrations in finance and macroeconomic theory. She earned the Certified Business Economist (CBE) designation from the National Association for Business Economists (NABE). 

From 1991 to 2001, Ms. Johnson served on the Governor’s Economic Council, advising three Massachusetts governors on public policy and economic development and chairing the Governor’s Task Force on Tax Policy and Capital Formation through 1999. She also served on Governor Mitt Romney’s Transition Steering Committee in late 2002. 

Ms. Johnson is immediate past president of The Boston Economic Club, vice chair of Associated Industries of Massachusetts’ Board of Economic Advisors, and a member of the American Economic Association. She is a former director of NABE and the NABE Foundation, and was named a NABE Fellow in 2014.   

Ms. Johnson resides in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she has served on the town’s Board of Selectmen, Board of Library Trustees, Advisory (Finance) Committee, and Town Meeting. She currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Newton-Wellesley Hospital.