In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women in 2023, twenty women from across the nation have been chosen as recipients of the Flora Award. Weatherhead alumna Alexandria (Alex) Johnson Boone (GRS '81, organization development and analysis) is one of the recipients.
Johnson Boone is president and CEO of GAP Communications Group, a full-service public relation, advertising, marketing and special events firm based in Cleveland. Under her leadership, GAP has gained local, regional and national recognition for its quality public relations, publicity and marketing services and its signature special events. She is also widely recognized and respected in the communications and public relations industry as the architect of the LeBron James media persona.
Johnson Boone is also the chairwoman and founder of the Women of Color Foundation, a 501c3 organization, dedicated to the education, empowerment, training and leadership development of women and girls of all colors. Over the years, the foundation has produced several annual personal and professional development retreats, conferences, awards luncheons and other special events across the region.
She is a graduate of the Cleveland Public Schools; holds a master’s degree from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University; two certificates from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College; was a 1997 National Fellow at the Boston University School of Public Health Join Together Program; and was a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 1987-88. In 2014, Johnson Boone founded C L Magazine, a career and lifestyle digital magazine for women and girls. The magazine has been continuously in publication since that time.