Janet Jackson Street

Creating a roadmap to success is and has been what Janet Jackson Street has been about her entire life. She’s always had the incredible ability to quickly assess any critical needs or situation and to be a part of developing and supporting a plan for success.

Ms. Street brings 45+ years of professional wisdom and executive experience in:

• Board Development
• Program/Youth Development
• Resource Development
• Organizational Development
• Special Events and Project Management
• Community Engagement
• Religious studies and stewardship

In 1997, the Atlanta Business Chronicle listed her as one of three top non-profit executives in Atlanta to watch. Her colleagues in the sector described her as having “laser focus in getting the job done; a great listener; problem solver, possessing the ability to maintain a great sense of humor in the most adverse situations and finally, a tough – yet fair professional”.  She can work with a diverse group of people, projects and personalities; and get the job done at the same time.

Today she shares her 45 plus years of non-profit experience and wisdom creating a roadmap to success and aiding nonprofit organizations in becoming highly functional and successful organizations. She’s been described as a “Jill of Many Trades”, and thankfully she’s been blessed to successfully master many of them.

Janet Jackson Street’s Overview

Current

• Principal and Founder of StreetWise Consulting, LLC
• Co-Owner and President of StreetWise Travel Adventures
• Independent Beauty Consultant, Mary Kay Cosmetics (Retired Sales Director, 2008-23)
• Wellstar Authority Board of Directors
• Wellstar Kennestone Regional Board of Directors
• Wellstar Community Engagement and Advocacy Board
• Current member of the Mother/Deaconess Board and New Member’s Committee at Historic Zion Baptist Church, Marietta
• Current Group Leader of Bible Study Fellowship (BSF); Paran, Marietta
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Marietta/Roswell Alumni Chapter

Past, Current Employment, Community Engagements and Entrepreneur Engagements

• Past Chair of Wellstar Kennestone Regional Board (twice)
• Retired President/Chief Executive Officer, Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta (Director of Program Operations 1980-1984; Pres/CEO 1984-2007)
• Past President of the Junior League of Cobb Marietta (1994-95)
• Past President of Cobb Community Council/Cobb Collaborative
• Past President of United Way’s Executive Forum
• Past Board Member of National Board of Girls Incorporated, New York
• Past Board Member of National Board of Changing Charities Board, Washington, DC
• Past Chair of the Board of Directors/Zion Baptist Church, Marietta, GA
• Past Member of Cobb County Chamber of Commerce – Cobb Executive Women
• Past Member of Marietta Rotary

Education

Janet is a graduate of Georgia State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Non-Profit Management Administration/Youth Development. In addition, she also earned a certificate in Non-Profit Management from Georgia Institute of Technology and in 1998, she was awarded the prestigious Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta annual scholarship to attend the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Leadership Training

• Leadership Cobb
• Regional Leadership Institute
• Leadership Atlanta
• Leadership Georgia
• Coca Cola Company’s Managing for Diversity Leadership Academy
• Certified Trainer: National Girls Incorporated Board Development and Education

Commendations/Awards/Recognitions

Over the years, Janet has received many awards and accolades for her commitment to serving girls (youth) and the community at large. She was the recipient of the 1992 Cobb County NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. “Living the Dream” Award and was recognized as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America. In 1997, the Atlanta Business Chronicle listed her as one of three top non-profit executives in Atlanta to watch; she was a 2000 Honoree for

Wellstar’s Speaking of Women’s Health”; along with multiple years of being recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Georgia” by the Atlanta Business League; the 2001 Distinguish Merit Award from the Concerned Black Clergy, a 2001 and 2002 Honoree of Women Looking Ahead’s 100s list of Georgia’s Most Powerful and Influential Women; 2002 Woman of Distinction Award from the Miss Black Atlanta U.S.A. Scholarship Program; 2003 Women Making a Mark Award by Atlanta Magazine; 2003 Junior League of Cobb-Marietta Sustainer of the Year; 2007 Business to Business/Atlanta Magazine’s Women of Excellence Award; Georgia Tech’s 2008 “Women Out Front” Honoree; and the 2015 Cindy Jane

McDougald Community Service Award.

Family and Basic Belief

Janet Jackson Street is the wife of Lonnie W Street. Together they just celebrated 50 years of marriage. They were blessed with one child, a man-child (Corey); and doubly blessed with three beautiful grandchildren (Makhila, 17; Caison, 8 and Cailon, 5). In addition, they were blessed with two bonus granddaughters (Nyla, 23 and Tiyelle, 18).

Janet believes and lives out one of her favorite scriptures (Luke 12:45): “To whom much is given, much is required; and to whom much has been entrusted, much more is expected”!