diff --git a/presence/json_config.cpp b/presence/json_config.cpp
index 4a9d493..bd8a7f7 100644
--- a/presence/json_config.cpp
+++ b/presence/json_config.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
                         entry("JSON_FILE=%s", jsonFile.c_str()));
         throw std::runtime_error("Unable to open JSON config file");
     }
+
+    process(jsonConf);
 }
 
 const policies& JsonConfig::get()
@@ -68,6 +70,23 @@
     return _policies;
 }
 
+void JsonConfig::process(const json& jsonConf)
+{
+    for (auto& member : jsonConf)
+    {
+        if (!member.contains("name") || !member.contains("path"))
+        {
+            log<level::ERR>(
+                "Missing required fan presence properties",
+                entry("REQUIRED_PROPERTIES=%s", "{name, path}"));
+            throw std::runtime_error(
+                "Missing required fan presence properties");
+        }
+        // Create a fan object
+        _fans.emplace_back(std::make_tuple(member["name"], member["path"]));
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace presence
 } // namespace fan
 } // namespace phosphor
diff --git a/presence/json_config.hpp b/presence/json_config.hpp
index dcb1aa3..2e7ad72 100644
--- a/presence/json_config.hpp
+++ b/presence/json_config.hpp
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <memory>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "rpolicy.hpp"
+#include "fan.hpp"
 
 namespace phosphor
 {
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@
 namespace presence
 {
 
+using json = nlohmann::json;
 using policies = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RedundancyPolicy>>;
 
 class JsonConfig
@@ -46,6 +49,17 @@
 
         /* Fan presence policies */
         static policies _policies;
+
+        /* List of Fan objects to have presence policies */
+        std::vector<Fan> _fans;
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Process the json config to extract the defined fan presence
+         * policies.
+         *
+         * @param[in] jsonConf - parsed json configuration data
+         */
+        void process(const json& jsonConf);
 };
 
 } // namespace presence