Soren Johnson

Soren Johnson serves as Senior Vice President for Prison Fellowship International, where he oversees PFI's work with ministry affiliates in Europe and the Caribbean.  Prior to joining PFI, Soren held positions as spokesman for the Diocese of Arlington and communications officer at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  He has interned for the Judiciary Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Moscow bureau of the Chicago Tribune.  Soren has studied abroad in Russia and Israel.  His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Richmond Times-Dispatch, National Catholic Register and Dappled Things, and he has taught church history at Marymount University in Arlington, Va.  A native of West Chicago, Ill., he received a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University with a certificate in Russian Area Studies and an M.A. in theology from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.  Soren lives in the Washington, DC, area with his family.