Anna Johnson

Biography

Anna Johnson is the Programme Manager for Map the System at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. She works with institutions around the world to develop curricular and co-curricular offerings of Map the System with the ultimate goal of encouraging students to develop a systems-thinking approach to address complex social, cultural, and environmental challenges.

Joining us from Canada, Anna is a Calgary-based social entrepreneur with a background in social innovation, nonprofit management, and systems thinking. Prior to joining the team at Skoll, Anna managed the Canadian edition of Map the System through her work at the Institute of Community Prosperity. Anna has also worked for a social-purpose consultancy that supported practitioners and organisations across sectors to amplify their social and environmental impact through systems change, organisational strategy, and social enterprise development.

Anna is the co-founder of Fresh Routes, an award-winning social enterprise dedicated to increasing affordable and healthy food access. She provides strategic oversight and support to several nonprofit boards and advisory committees across Alberta, including Board Chair of Calgary Can, Director of Strategy and Fund Development at the Leftovers Foundation, founding member of Mount Royal University’s Alumni Council. Her board and committee work has been nationally recognised and was recently nominated for Future of Good's "21 Youth Reshaping Governance" award in recognition of her non-profit board leadership