Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor

Derek Johnson, CRPC^®, serves as the Principal and Director of Ferguson-Johnson Wealth Management, an independent, fee-only fiduciary firm that has been helping clients plan for and enjoy retirement for more than 40 years.

As a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor and the Head of our Investment Committee, Derek is in regular contact with leading academics in the areas of portfolio and wealth management.

Derek is known for providing honest advice and excellent service to his pre-retiree and retiree clients and feels privileged to be a trusted resource and support his clients can rely on.

He is also an Investment Advisor Representative.

Derek has been with Ferguson-Johnson Wealth Management since 2000. Over the years Derek has helped clients in all stages of life and has built a large network of attorneys, accountants, and insurance agents who put their clients’ interests first.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Maryland. He has presented research on the benefits of asset class allocation to the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII).

The son of a successful small business owner, Derek appreciates the value of money and what it takes to earn it. In his free time, Derek mentors students in the Wootton High School Cooperative Education Program and is a big football fan.

He has lived in Montgomery County, Maryland, his entire life where he shares his home with his wife, Tiffany, two young girls, Sloane and Adalynn, and their two labs, Sadie and Ryder. To learn more about Derek, connect with him on LinkedIn.