Transplant Recipient, Board Chair
Bernadeia Johnson was diagnosed with CKD, caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure and diabetes. Job stress as Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools and, ironically, lack of information from her physician were to blame. Bernadeia received a kidney transplant and began volunteering with NKF, becoming an unstoppable force. She recruited key leaders for 2024’s Minnesota Ending Disparities in CKD Summit. She is MN’s Nominating Chair of the Board, an educational speaker on kidney disease, and an avid Kidney Walk fundraiser.
