Charles Johnson

Biography: Charles Johnson, IV President C. H. Johnson Consulting, Inc. Chicago, IL President and Chief Executive Officer, ISHC, is a nationally recognized consultant with over 30 years of experience in convention, sports, hospitality, and general real estate consulting. Prior to forming Johnson Consulting, he worked for the Chicago-based real estate development firm, Stein and Company, which was design builder for the expansion at McCormick Place in Chicago. Prior to that, he was National Director of KPMG Peat Marwick's Convention, Sports, and Leisure Consulting practice. He served as program manager for the Puerto Rico Convention Center District project in San Juan, Puerto Rico for four years, and successfully guided that project from an idea to a highly regarded 110-acre urban redevelopment project. He has worked on numerous projects in western New York including the expansion analysis of the Buffalo Convention Center. . Johnson has worked on over 600 public assembly and urban development consulting assignments in the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of ULI and he has served on five Advisory Services panels. June 2014