Dr. Komoia Johnson

Dr. Komoia Johnson serves as the Creative Director of The DelNai Group, LLC. She has been an experienced Trainer, Curriculum Designer, and Restorative Justice (RJ)/Conflict Resolution Practitioner in the Bay Area since 2006. Her training audience includes teachers, students, families, and administrators, locally and nationally as well as community-based organizations, corporations, professors, teachers in training, and mental health interns and licensed practitioners in higher education. In addition to restorative justice and conflict resolution processes, Dr. Johnson is trained in Nonviolent Communication, Behavior Analysis Case Management, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB), and Coaching for Equity.

From 2013 - 2020, Dr. Johnson worked in service of students and their families for the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) as a Restorative Justice Program Manager, supporting schools with school-wide Restorative Justice implementation, coaching, training, and supervising Restorative Justice facilitators, Restorative Community School Managers, and practitioners. During this time, she started her consultancy, Kouson Consulting. Currently, Dr. Johnson is a Program Director with Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY) as well as a co-trainer for Peer Advocates Training and Consulting.

Dr. Johnson holds a M.S. in Counseling Psychology and a Doctorate in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in research and measurement. For over 25 years, she has remained in service of students, families, and community. Dr. Johnson continues to strengthen her skill set by partnering with diverse communities to cultivate healthy positive relationships, which is a significant and vital component to all that she does.