Janie provides capital campaign, board training, development assessment, grantsmanship and development planning services. She assists clients in taking the vital 'next steps' to enhance their fundraising programs.

In a major-gift career that included development and executive director positions at Vista Hill Foundation, Camp Fire Council of San Diego, Francis Parker School and Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science, she regularly secured gifts of $1000 to more than $3 million for these health care, youth services, education and mental health organizations, which had budgets ranging from $150,000 to $1 billion.

Janie was named as the Outstanding Development Professional by the Association of Fundraising Professionals - San Diego Chapter for 2004. A faculty member of the Nonprofit Management Solutions Training Institute since 1991 with consistently high ratings, she has been a presenter at the International Conferences of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy. In her CASE workshop for newcomers, she was named a "CASE Star" faculty member.  For the UCSD Extension Professional Certificate in Fundraising and Development, Janie served as faculty member from 2001 through 2003. Publications include book reviews in AFP's Advancing Philanthropy July/August 2004 issue (See page 4 of linked selection.) and in July/August 2005 (See page 5.) Janie also was quoted  in an article in the San Diego Union Tribune and featured in an article in the NonProfit Times online.

Accredited by CFRE International as a Certified Fund Raising Executive since 1991, Janie served for six years as a board member and officer of the San Diego Chapter of AFP and was the chair of AFP International's 2007 Conference Education Advisory Committee. A member of the North County Philanthropy Council, Janie is a graduate of LEAD San Diego. Janie is registered as fundraising counsel with the California Office of the Attorney General, registration number FC-1239, and she adheres to the AFP Code of Ethical Principals and Standards of Professional Practice.