Dustin Johnson grew up in Collegedale, TN and graduated from Southern Adventist University (SAU) where he studied Mass Communications. He then worked as the Audio Visual Director at SAU for 3 years before deciding to leave his hometown and move to Guam where he spent 2 years as the Communications Director for the Guam-Micronesia Mission. His 2 years ended as COVID was hitting and he moved to Maine to marry Brianna Payne, the science teacher at Pine Tree Academy. He began working for the Northern New England Conference in April 2021. He is a proud daddy to Mariah and has a second daughter on the way.