Marieta Johnson

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Marieta Johnson, Virginia, Minnesota, is Court Administrator for Minnesota's Sixth Judicial District.She was a founding member of the Virginia Foundation (1990-2005) and a Program Assistant for the Northland Foundation from 1988-1993.Johnson is currently a member of the State Court Operations Advisory Workgroup, State Court Staffing Weighted Caseload Committee, and the Range Drug Court Planning Team.

Johnson worked at the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency and was a Criminal Justice instructor at Mesabi Community College, both in Virginia, in the 1980s.Community affiliations include board seats with the American Association of University Women, Area Housing and Redevelopment Commission, and the Virginia Lakes Beautification Committee.Johnson earned a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Eastern Washington University and a Master's Degree in Judicial Administration from the University of Denver College of Law.

Range Reporter Callie Martell was in Virginia with Marieta Johnson an Iron Ranger with a vision.
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"This is Marieta."

Marieta is the Chief Deputy Court Administrator at the St. Louis County Courthouse.

She has spent most of her time on the Range working to make it better.

She says her move to Virginia was right on time.

"In the early 80's as everybody will remember, it was quite a downturn in the local industry."It was the beginning of a serious downturn and so there were a lot of things going on that weren't so positive.And so it was an opportunity for me to get involved right away."

After years of involvement, Marieta was hired by the Northland Foundation.

She says this job helped create another vision.

"It was that that really kind of created a venue for me to explore some more creative things.And that led to the Virginia Foundation."

Carol Sundquist worked with Marieta on the Virginia Foundation; she nominated Marieta for this award.

"When I saw that add, I thought nobody fit it better than Marieta Johnson."
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Marieta is no longer with the Virginia Foundation, but the organization she created now has an endowment of more than $1.8 million.

Marieta JohnsonCourt Administrator

Marieta Johnson Chief Deputy, Range Operations

Two local residents, one being Marieta Johnson, were taken by the amount of debris around the lake.This prompted Marieta Johnson to later apply for and receive a $500 grant for the first Baileys Lake clean-up event.Years later, while working for the Northland Foundation, Marieta Johnson learned that the Northland Foundation would provide administrative support for the City of Virginia to establish its own community foundation.