The Maycomb Capital Team

OUR TEAM

Where a broad range of experiences and
perspectives meets a shared goal

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Dr. Lin Johnson III

Senior Advisor

Lin Johnson III is a Senior Advisor to Maycomb Capital, where he advises the firm’s education strategy. He currently serves as Chief Strategy, Growth, and Finance Officer at TNTP, a national education nonprofit, where he oversees strategy, operations, fundraising, finance, and technology. Previously, Lin served as Chief Financial Officer and then Deputy Superintendent of Finance and Strategic Operations at Shelby County Schools in Memphis, where he led investments in high-quality curricula and Advanced Placement course expansion, implemented an equitable funding model, and led a community budget campaign to secure recurring operating funds.

Lin brings deep experience in education finance and strategy across the K-12 ecosystem. As Director of Special Projects at the Tennessee Department of Education, he developed the agency’s first budget book. Earlier, as Director of Finance and Operations at the D.C. Public Charter School Board, he oversaw financial growth and fiscal accountability for a portfolio of charter school campuses. He has also led the K-12 education grant portfolio at the Schwab Foundation and served as a Fellow in the Office of School Portfolio at Chicago Public Schools.

Lin serves on the boards of KIPP Memphis, First 8 Memphis, Mosaic Changemakers, and the Tennessee Charter School Center. He holds a BA in Economics from Reed College, and MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Doctor of Education Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.