Collister “Terry” Johnson earned a B.A. in American Studies from Yale, where he was one of George W. Bush’s roommates. He went on to earn a J.D. from the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. Johnson began his career as a lawyer, including serving as an Assistant County Attorney in Fairfax County, Virginia; a Deputy Public Counsel of the U.S. Rail Services Planning Office. He was an associate partner at the Washington D.C. law firm of Peabody, Rivlin, Lambert & Meyers, and a partner at Lockie & Johnson, also in D.C. Johnson was also a Senior Vice President at WFS Financial Corporation; Chairman of the Virginia Port Authority; President and CEO of FastShip Atlantic; a Senior Consultant at Mercer Management; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a position to which he was appointed by President George W. Bush.