Johnson was appointed to the Domestic Council in February 1976 as Associate Director for Health, Social Security, and Welfare, remaining until the end of the Ford Administration. He replaced Arthur F. Quern who became Deputy Director for Policy and Planning.
Judith Ann Johnston, a former legal secretary, joined the Domestic Council staff as a secretary in February 1973. She first worked in the office of the Executive Director, Kenneth Cole, but from October 1974 on she was staff secretary for the Domestic Council under the Deputy Director for Operations.
Jerry Jones began his White House career during the Nixon administration and remained on staff for the entire Ford presidency. He held several positions in the White House Personnel Office from 1971-74, and in April 1974 was appointed Staff Secretary. He continued as Staff Secretary in the Ford administration until June 1975 when he was appointed Director of the Scheduling and Advance Office. The Jones Files are from his tenures in the last two positions.
Sidney Jones started his career as a professor of finance at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. In 1969, Council of Economic Advisers chairman Paul McCracken (a former colleague on the Michigan faculty) recruited him to serve as a CEA senior economist and special assistant to the chairman.