Karim Johnson is a native of the Bronx, NY, and has over 27 years of experience in the pupil transportation industry, with the past 19 years in transportation leadership roles for urban, suburban, and rural school systems throughout the East Coast.

Johnson holds certifications nationally and in New York State as a director of transportation. He also is certified nationally in special needs transportation. Most recently, Johnson was named School Bus Fleet Magazine 2023 Transportation Administrator of the Year for outstanding achievement at the local, state, and national levels. For the past two and a half years, Johnson has served as the director of student transportation & fleet services for the Bethlehem Central School District in Delmar, NY. He oversaw the first successful deployment of five battery-electric school buses in the capital region. Since the initial deployment, Johnson has worked with district stakeholders on successful ballot propositions for electrical charging infrastructure to support up to 44 battery-electric school buses and purchase two additional battery-electric school buses. All ballot propositions passed north of 71 percent voter approval.

Recently, Johnson was appointed as the executive director of pupil transportation services for Stafford County Public Schools. In this role, he oversees the student transportation safety program for Virginia’s eighth largest school division consisting of a fleet of 323 vehicles and 255 employees serving 31,000 students attending 33 schools encompassing 277 square miles.

Recently married, Johnson and his wife Chrishannah are proud parents of three children.