Johanna Leblanc is Partner for Global Public Policy at the Adomi Group and has taught as an Adjunct Professor at several universities, including Howard University, where she teaches American Foreign Policy and Law of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Johanna serves as Chief Foreign Policy Advisor at the National Bar Association and helped negotiate the historic Memorandum of Understanding between the National Bar Association and the AfCFTA Secretariat.

Johanna previously served as a Legislative Director in the US Congress and was appointed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to the Commission on African Affairs, where she advised on civic engagement and diaspora policy.

She also served as a Pentagon-authorized observer with the Military Observation Commission Project, analyzing and reporting on military commission war crimes hearings at Guantanamo Bay. Additionally, Johanna worked as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to three Haitian Ambassadors to the United States and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she helped secure the renewal of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.

A respected media commentator, she has appeared on BBC, Al Jazeera, FOX 5 DC, Voice of America, and major networks across Africa, including Citizen TV Kenya, Metro FM South Africa, eNCA, and CNBC Africa.