Host and Event Speaker – Janet A. Johnson is a Transformational Leader, Management Consultant, Coach and Holistic Health Advocate with more than 20 years of strategic project and business management experience coupled with expertise in stress management, life coaching and mentoring. She is the founder of the Business Strategy Summit™ event, and proud owner of StrategyNook LLC, a consultancy that helps companies and individuals develop strategies and brands to improve performance and maximize growth. Janet believes the key to any business’ success is having the right tools, the right people, and the right blend of determination and expertise to get the job done. As a result, she employs a collaborative approach to helping clients and team members expand their “toolkit.”

Over the years, Janet has successfully managed and delivered a number of critical initiatives, for large companies such as Beckman Coulter, JetBlue Airways, and Cayman Airways, and has supported several small companies and entrepreneurs in their endeavors. She has a track record for improving organizations’ performance through project management delivery, with focus on organizational leadership, quality standards and strategic alignment. She has also worked with several non-profit organizations during their development stages, and assisted in successfully attaining their not-for-profit status from IRS. She continues to guide these organizations in a consultative mode.

A philanthropist at heart, Janet is the Founder of Sunny Plains Foundation and certified Director of a Holistic Health Stress, Anxiety and Depression Recovery Program. Also, she currently serves as Vice President responsible for Strategic Planning for Education Foundation for Children’s Care (EFCCI); Board Member of Saving Orphans Through Healthcare and Outreach (SOHO) and a member of their Business Advisory Committee; and also a past Board Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) South Florida Chapter.

Janet holds a Master of Science in Management with dual emphases on Project Leadership & Management, and Organizational Leadership from Regis University, with Graduate Academic Certificates in Executive Project Management and Strategic Business Management. She is also certified as a Project Management Professional, Agile Coach, and Life and Health Coach. Janet holds memberships in the International Coaching Federation, the Association for Business Process Management Professionals International, the International Institute for Business Analysis, and the Society for Human Resource Management.