Janice Dru-Bennett

Chief Partnerships Officer / VP, Marketing / Social Media / Marketing / Digital Media / Online / Startups / Events / Teambuilding / Project Management / Employee Experience / Peer-based Training & Learning

Just as you may have observed the workplace and digital marketing landscape transform rapidly in the last few years, Janice has 15+ years of experience going through multiple, rapid transformations, with first-hand knowledge, developing the expertise to navigate through the revolving doors of technology evolution, social media transformation, and a shifting workforce culture.

As a graduate of Princeton University with a Bachelor's Degree in Politics and Certificate in Visual Arts, Janice has managed marketing initiatives from startups to corporations and divisions of companies of various sizes in financial services, SaaS software, information services, advertising, marketing, higher education, health & wellbeing, and HR tech. She has spearheaded small projects from hundreds to thousands of dollars as well as structured multi-million dollar budgets while working closely with Sales, Finance, HR, Legal, Product Management, and IT Executives to enhance departmental initiatives.

Having lead marketing initiatives for a global network of innovation centers and coworking spaces through the COVID crisis, colleges in New York and Rhode Island during disruption in the higher education space, in the B2B legal software space as law firms and corporate legal departments were shifting, and as VP of Marketing in private banking through the economic downturn and during the transition of a corporate acquisition, Janice has developed an agile approach to work and life, being flexible and adaptable to change.

As an entrepreneur, Janice has ventured in a number of business development, sales partnerships, and remote marketing projects. As a speaker, she has addressed audiences of startup founders, students, entrepreneurs and business executives. She has also developed and introduced a set of web-based products and services to help other business owners through Inkwhy (inkwhy.com).

Janice also supports social initiatives, having led a group of nonprofit executive directors, prepared PR strategies and conducted marketing outreach as the former board chair for The Center for Election Science, and board/volunteer service for other organizations. With a combined family of 4 boys, a dog and cat, Janice believes in creating value in the world to sustain future generations.