Kimberly L. Johnson, affectionately known to family, friends and co-workers as Kim, was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. She attended Buffalo public schools and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in 1988. Kim later attended Medaille College where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership. A continued life learner, she completed and received a micro-credential in Leadership from the Center for Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE) School of Management, University at Buffalo.
Currently, the Grant Procurement Specialist for the Erie County Probation Department. In her time with the county, she earned certification from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Service, Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives as a facilitator in the National Institute of Corrections, Thinking for a Change Program. She is also a Motivational Speaker for the Ready, Set, Work program. Kimberly is the Vice President of the Probation Section of CSEA Erie Unit, Local 815 union. Where she has served as a Grievance Representative and Union Steward.
Appointed to serve on the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Board of Trustees in 2017, where she served as the Board Chair from 2022-2025 and remains a current trustee. Each year, Kim, and other members of the board along with staff travel to Albany to advocate for libraries and education aid before state officials.
Kim remains a loyal resident of Buffalo and very active in her community, having proudly served on the 5/14 Survivors Fund Steering Committee and cis a Board Member of Agents for Advocacy, Inc. She was also honorably awarded a Buffalo Black Achiever award in 2021. Kim loves to bring people together to celebrate their talents, share their thoughts, views, and ideas in a comfortable open forum, she does this through a series of speaker events & programs she calls “Ladybug Sharin’”. Because of her work and passion for her community, women and people in general Kim was honor in March of 2024 as a Living Trailblazing Woman of Western New York by the Commission on the Status of Women of WNY’s Trailblazing Women Speaker series.
Mother of two adult sons, Robert, and Michael, she is passionate about spending time with her family which has adopted the mantra: “This is Us … The Perfect Blend”.