Johanna Ropner
Johanna Ropner is a businessperson and the lord lieutenant for North Yorkshire.Life
Ropner, the second of three children, was born on 3 January 1963 to Ronald Starthearn Stroyan and Mary Enid Ropner. She attended Newcastle University where she graduated with an Honours degree in agriculture.
Ropner was confirmed as the successor to Barry Dodd in November 2018. The vacancy had arisen after Dodd died in a helicopter crash, and Ropner had previously been a deputy lord-lieutenant of North Yorkshire under Dodd, and his predecessor, Lord Crathorne.Ropner lives in Kirklington with her husband; together they have three grown-up children.
