| Summary: | Public administrator Jeffalyn Johnson was born on September 7, 1928 in Los Angeles, California. Johnson graduated from Pasadena Junior College in Pasadena, California, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her A.A. degree in 1947, and her B.A. degree in 1949. She earned her M.A. degree in social work from California State College in Los Angeles in 1962. Johnson began teaching political science, history, public administration, psychology, and urban community development at Pasadena Community College in 1968. That same year, she was appointed vice president of Mason-Crete, an architectural planning and commercial construction firm. In 1972, she earned her Ph.D. degree in public administration from the University Southern California. Johnson became a senior faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute in 1975, and was hired as a policy analyst for the Carter-Mondale campaign the following year. In 1978, she was named National Conference Chair for the American Society of Public Administration.
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