Maggie Johnson

Maggie Johnson is Director of Education and University Relations for Google. She manages all technical education, content development, and information management programs for Google engineers and operations staff, as well as Google’s K12 educational programs in STEM and computer science (CS). Maggie has worked to provide engaging, high-quality CS content to K12 students through CS First; accessible professional development to teachers through CS4HS; and she works closely with key partners in the community to make CS available to all K12 students.

Maggie manages Google’s online learning-at-scale programs through her work with Course Builder. She also oversees university relations, building strategic research partnerships with faculty and labs globally to expand and enhance Google’s R&D efforts.

Prior to Google, Maggie was teaching faculty and Director of Educational Affairs in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University where she was responsible for the undergraduate and masters programs in CS.

Maggie has a bachelors and masters in early music performance and was a professional musician in NYC before she moved to CS, obtaining a masters and PhD from New York University and City University of New York Graduate Center.