Brayton Johns

Senior Program Manager

Brayton Johns is a Senior Program Manager for the Institute of National Security, bringing a background in leadership, operations, law, and strategic campaigns. As Senior Program Manager, he aids in special projects management, stakeholder engagement, research and analysis, operations and leading national security efforts through program, event, and project management. In this role, Johns leads the Institute’s convene pillar, with the goal of assembling national security leaders and building partnerships across diverse communities to address the most pressing national security challenges.

Johns graduated from Belmont University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and graduated from Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law with a Juris Doctor. He is originally from Connersville, Indiana where he’s still involved with nonprofit work.