janette luu

A former broadcast journalist with more than 20 years of experience in television, radio and digital media, Janette began her career as a news anchor/reporter in the U.S. before moving to Toronto in 2006 to host a current affairs show. She then focused her expertise on consulting and managing social media, publicity and crowdfunding campaigns for a wide range of clients, including the Open Democracy Project and filmmakers Sarah Polley and Brett Story.

Janette returned to the States after 18 years in Canada and is currently a Retirement Channel Marketing Manager at Transamerica, after spending seven years as the Marketing and Communications Director for Common Wealth, Canada's fastest-growing workplace retirement plan provider. Prior to that, she oversaw strategy and communications for A BETTER MAN, a groundbreaking documentary that infused new energy and possibility into the movement to end violence against women. Janette graduated in 1998 from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and Latin.