Throughout her 17 years in the FBI, Ashley Johnson routinely worked for women leaders.
“My first supervisor in New Orleans was female,” she said Monday during an interview at the bureau’s St. Louis office in Downtown West. “My first assistant special agent in charge in Atlanta, she was a female. I’ve had those opportunities along the way and was inspired by it.”
Until Johnson arrived in St. Louis in September, many agents at the bureau’s office had never worked for a female special agent in charge. Johnson is the first woman to lead the office full-time – something she did not realize until she arrived in the city for a family day…