Fitz Johnson

Appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in July 2021, he is the second African American and first Black Republican to serve on the Georgia Public Service Commission.

From 1998 to 2008, Johnson worked as owner and operator of Eagle Group International, a $175 million privately held company that sold logistics, information technology, training, and healthcare services to the U.S. Defense Department and was later acquired by Lockheed Martin.

[2] In 2024, Johnson along with his wife Suzanne Wilcox and business partners Brennen and Emily Matthews opened Drafty Dane, an off leash dog park & bar, in Marietta, Georgia.

[11] However, in August 2022, Judge Steven D. Grimberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled in favor of Black voters who had sued in 2020 to strike down at-large elections used to elect Public Service Commissioners, alleging that the system diluted the Black vote, violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

[5] He is a former owner of the Atlanta Beat (WPS) professional soccer team from 2008 to 2011 and has supported fundraising and construction of Kennesaw State University’s Fifth Third Stadium.