Dennis A. Johnson is President and co-owner of Cooperative Housing Resources, LLC, a lender and consultant specializing in the development and finance of senior housing cooperatives. He is an experienced executive with strong skills in finance, credit, and business development. Through domestic and international experience he has outstanding business acumen and leadership abilities. As a highly successful executive with the Farm Credit System, he held a variety of positions from credit analyst to President and CEO of the St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives.

He received a Bachelor of Agricultural Business Administration from the University of Minnesota in 1971 and a Master’s Degree in Agricultural Economics in 1973. In May 1996, he received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Minnesota’s Department of Applied Economics.

Dennis is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Western NIS Enterprise Fund. In addition, Dennis is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Senior Cooperative Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of Cooperative Development Services. He has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Farm Credit Leasing Services Corporation, Homestead Housing Center, Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and Cooperative Development Foundation.

Mr. Johnson is a member of the American Agricultural Economics Association.