Leadership

Sheree Johnson
Founder/CEO
Sheree Johnson is a nationally recognized, highly regarded advertising professional with over 30 years’ experience serving Fortune 500 marketers and top regional and local clients. Prior to founding SJ Insights, Johnson has held senior level, management positions with top Chicago and Kansas City area advertising agencies including Nicholson Kovac (Kansas City), Cunningham & Walsh and McCann-Erickson (both Chicago). She has served as International Chairman for the Business Marketing Association, co-founded the Kansas City chapter and is a Certified Business Communicator (CBC). Sheree has also been a part-time instructor at Johnson County Community College (JCCC), teaching digital marketing classes/seminars. She has earned numerous recognitions both on a national and local level including:

• 2014 Kansas City’s Most Influential Woman – KC Business Magazine
  
• Advertising Age/BtoB Magazine Media Strategist of the Year – 1995, 1998, 2003
• Advertising Age/BtoB Magazine Media Strategist of the Year Veteran Award – 1998
• Top Kansas City Woman Executive of the Year Recipient (Women Who Mean Business) Kansas City Business Journal – 2008
• Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) – National Gold Award Media Plan of the Year for EMBARQ – 2009
• Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) – National Gold Award Media Plan of the Year for Hilti Power Tools – 2006
• Top Mentor of the Year – KCB Magazine – 2007
• Nominated twice for one of three AAF-KC Members of the Year (2011, 2012)
• NAMA Communicator of the Year – 1995
• Media Mix Club – Media Professional of the Year Award and Media Pioneer of the Year Award
• Selected as one of 12 Top “Baby Boomer” Media Executives by People Magazine, 1984

In addition to serving as SJ Insights’ Founder/CEO, she has volunteered on the Marketing Committee for Starlight Theatre, has co-chaired the Marketing Committee for Community LINC and has been on the board of directors for numerous years for AAF-KC, serving as VP/Communications and most recently as VP/Treasurer.  Sheree graduated with a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kansas and is a self-proclaimed news and media junkie.