Larry Johnson began working for the Del Webb Corporation in Phoenix in 1970 as a computer operator. One year later he was transferred to Sun City, Arizona where he worked for nine years and eventually became Vice President in charge of Data Processing. He left the Del E. Webb Development Company to start his own software publishing company which he ran for ten years. He has also worked for the Salt River Project, and for the State of Arizona at both the Department of Administration and the Department of Corrections.

Mr. Johnson currently lives in Prescott and devotes all his energy to the foundation. He has been a director since January of 1996, and has been President since July of 2006.