Janet is a graduate of Central Michigan University with a BS in Business Administration, Majoring in Finance and Minoring in Economics (1981). She was employed in Financial Services for 25 years, and most recently worked in Telecommunications. Janet currently works as the COO for Fashion and Compassion, a non-profit supporting vulnerable women in obtaining dignified work. Janet has served on Finance Councils at Our Lady of Mercy in Winston Salem and here at Saint Therese since 2007. She chaired the capital campaign in Winston Salem for a school renovation and new church construction, and has Co-Chaired the Saint Therese Capital Campaign for a new church with John Moloney.
Janet and her husband, Ryan, have been married for 40 years and have been members of Saint Therese since their move to Cornelius in 2006. They have two married daughters and two granddaughters and one grandson.