WILLIAM S. JOHNSON
Publisher, Palo Alto Weekly

William “Bill” Johnson is the founder and president of Embarcadero Publishing Co., owner of six community newspapers on the Peninsula, in the East Bay and Marin County. The company also operates Palo Alto Online, a comprehensive news and information website serving the Palo Alto area. Bill serves as publisher of the largest Embarcadero newspaper, the Palo Alto Weekly, which circulates to homes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Los Altos Hills, Stanford and East Palo Alto. The company's other newspapers are The Almanac, the Mountain View Voice, the Pleasanton Weekly, the Danville Weekly and the Pacific Sun. Prior to forming his company in 1979, Bill served as a senior aide to Congressman Pete McCloskey and as a consultant to the California Coastal Commission.

Bill serves on the boards of numerous community and professional organizations, including the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the California First Amendment Coalition. He is also a board member of the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. Bill earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Stanford University.