Dorothea Johnson is Founder of The Protocol School of Washington^® and President of Dorothea Johnson Productions, Inc. She has presented etiquette and protocol seminars and briefings to more than 50,000 individuals worldwide. Clients representing business, government, education, and entertainment have been counseled privately and in groups. Ms. Johnson served as protocol advisor to The Joint Military Attaché School, Washington, D.C. She has authored five books and the column Tea & Etiquette for Tea Time Magazine. As a frequent contributor to trade and business publications she ranks as one of the most widely quoted etiquette and protocol experts in the United States of America, and she is currently quoted in more than sixty books.

Dorothea Johnson is Resident Etiquette Expert for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, spokesperson for Emergen-C, and an active member of Protocol and Diplomacy International – Protocol Officers Association (PDI-POA).