Janet Lawson Bio

  Speaker  Bio   Janet  Lawson  -­‐  Ford  Volunteer  Corps     Tuesday,  February  26,  2013  –  2:00  pm  ET   Effective  Employee  Volunteer  Programs   Janet  Lawson  is  the  Director  of  the  Ford  Volunteer  Corps,  part  of  Ford  Motor  Company  Fund   and  Community  Services,  the  philanthropic  arm  of  Ford  Motor  Company.   Janet  went  to  Ford  with  a  20-­‐year  history  of  collaborative  leadership  in  the  nonprofit  and  corporate  sectors.  She   exemplifies  a  life-­‐long  commitment  to  service,  volunteerism,  and  corporate  citizenship.   Since  her  arrival  at  Ford  in  the  fall  of  2006,  Janet  has  lead  a  team  that  has  launched  a  new  volunteer  initiative  called   MODEL  Teams,  created  an  interactive  non-­‐profit  “agency  driven”  volunteer  management  system,  quintupled  volunteer   activity  among  Ford  volunteers  worldwide  and  launched  the  Ford  corporate  volunteer  initiative  to  salaried,  hourly  and   agency  employees,  as  well  as  Ford  retirees  nationwide.   In  2004,  Janet  was  appointed  by  Governor  Jennifer  Granholm  as  the  executive  director  of  the  Michigan  Community   Service  Commission  (MCSC).  Lawson  coordinated  Mentor  Michigan,  an  initiative  of  Governor  Granholm’s  developed  to   increase  the  number  of  mentor/mentee  matches  in  Michigan.  During  her  tenure  with  the  MCSC,  Lawson  also  directed   Federal  AmeriCorps  grants  within  Michigan,  collaborated  with  the  Michigan  Department  of  Education  to  deliver  Learn  and   Serve  grants  to  establish  Service  Learning  as  a  curriculum  reform,  worked  with  the  Michigan  State  Police  to  direct   Homeland  Security  dollars  through  Michigan  Citizen  Corps,  redesigned  the  Governor’s  Service  Awards  –  an  annual  state-­‐ wide  volunteer  recognition  event  and  worked  with  MCSC  commissioners  to  create  an  epidemic  of  service  in  Michigan.   From  2000-­‐2004,  Janet  served  as  the  national  director  of  the  UAW-­‐Ford  Family  Service  and  Learning  Centers  sponsored  by   the  United  Auto  Workers,  Ford  Motor  Company  and  Visteon.  While  in  this  position,  she  and  her  team  annually  mobilized   20,000  volunteers,  engaged  more  than  75,000  participants  in  life-­‐long  learning  activities,  designed  programming  at  31   locations  nationwide  and  achieved  a  90  percent  plus  user  satisfaction  rating.   Connect  with  Janet:   Website:  http://corporate.ford.com/our-­‐company/community   Website:  http://www.volunteer.ford.com/?glbcmp=ford|globalpromo  

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