Janis joined the Women’s Fund in 2017 following her retirement as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Tetra Tech, Inc. She served on the Research Committee from 2018 to 2021 before re-joining it in 2022, and as Co-Chair of the Grants in Action Committee from 2019 to 2020. She also serves on the Women’s Fund Governance Committee. Janis enjoys directly serving local non-profits through membership on the Boards of CALM, the Carpinteria Children’s Project, the Tribal Trust Foundation and Prepare Kids for Life. She recently co-founded Friends of the United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County, and is also active with the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara and the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County. Raised in the San Fernando Valley, she earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.