Experience

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  Greenleaf Partners

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • Founder and President

    • Jan 2016 - Present
    • Milwaukee, WI

    Greenleaf Partners, LLC, a consulting firm formed to help organizations achieve well-aligned growth. We help our clients create sustainable advantage.How? We start at the beginning. Driving for root causes. Challenging conventions and assumptions. Through unique insights gained directly from target audiences, we work with our clients to form fresh strategies and align constituents around a common vision.It all gets brought to life through an experienced, creative team utilizing a rigorous project management approach which delivers finely tuned results.Sustainable advantage...that’s what it’s all about.Janet's bio: In over 35 years as a senior executive, Janet has a record of providing leadership, innovation and results. Her expertise in marketing, development and sales have benefitted for-profit and non-profit organizations including IBM, Bank One, Greater Milwaukee Foundation and BloodCenter of Wisconsin. She is often brought in to organizations to address recalcitrant challenges. Her breakthrough solutions have led to double digit growth where stagnation had previously been the norm. Her work in the non-profit sector has focused on creating long term impact through a fact-based approach grounded in market research. This informed perspective has led to strategic accomplishments in business turnaround, brand development, new market entry and major donor acquisition. Janet's board and committee leadership currently includes Milwaukee Women inc., Public Policy Forum, Professional Dimensions, Urban Ecology Center, and the Village of Shorewood.

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  BloodCenter of Wisconsin

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Senior Vice President

    • Dec 2001 - Feb 2016
    • Greater Milwaukee Area

    Executive team leader originally brought in to shape and lead the Marketing Business Development function. Often tapped to lead other functions during times of transition to assess current state, utilize fact-based, analytical marketing tools to ensure customer and employee voices were heard, and recommend strategic and tactical plans to set the team in a sustainable direction for success. In addition to Marketing, Communications and Business Development, additional areas of responsibility included: Sales, Philanthropy, Brand Development, Donor Group Operations, Strategic Planning, and Business Planning.

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  Greater Milwaukee Foundation

  • Development Officer

    • 1998 - 2001

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  Bank One

  • Vice President

    • 1981 - 1998

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  Marine Bank

  • VP

    • 1980 - 1997

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  Professional Dimensions

  • Past President

    • 1911 - 1911