Johnson has worked on a variety of FTC matters ranging from enforcing FTC judgments in bankruptcy courts to litigating cases involving Green Claims. Prior to working at the FTC, Johnson was an associate at Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliff in Washington, D.C.  Johnson holds a bachelor's degree from Lewis and Clark College and a J.D. from The George Washington School of Law.

• Provide brand-owner perspectives on paper-based food packaging and serviceware items
• Provide insights from leading converting companies about future needs and trends in paper and paperboard packaging
• Describe a number of innovations targeting superior performance
• Cover end-of-life management practices that improve environmental footprints
• Provide regulatory insights on paper-based food packaging and serviceware

Other confirmed speakers include Walter Peterson, manager of packaging and sustainability at Nestlé; Emily Williams, chemist, printing and packaging group, at Michelman; Elizabeth Petro, consumer safety officer at the Food and Drug Administration; and Matt Cook, CEO of LBP Manufacturing.

The UW-Stevens Point Soil and Waste Discipline and the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology, both in the College of Natural Resources, organized and hosted the school.

The agenda included a mix of classroom work, hands-on activities and field demonstrations. For example, working in small teams, participants used classroom exercises to create recipes for compost, balancing nitrogen and carbon for effective decomposition. They then took those plans outdoors to build demonstration compost piles using various provided materials such as food waste, grass clippings and wood shavings. The middle day of the school featured a tour of Hsu Growing Supply, a composter at Wausau, Wisconsin, where the students also saw demonstrations of equipment by Komptech, Aeromaster, Vermeer, Scarab and Nortrax.

The Midwest Compost School has been held annually since 1995 in various locations in the upper Midwest. This is the first year the school has been hosted by UW-Stevens Point.