Janet is the Senior Director of Employee Benefits responsible for strategy and implementation of employee benefit offerings for Northwestern Mutual.  Janet is a benefits professional with broad-based knowledge and is an innovator and thought leader in health care with a strong commitment to creating value in employee benefits. She is particularly passionate about increasing value for health care consumers by changing how health care is delivered and paid for. She currently serves on the Leapfrog Group Board of Directors, Member of the Catalyst for Payment Reform Disruptive Purchasing Project and as a member of the Low Value Taskforce a cross functional group of providers, employers and healthcare data experts focused on reducing low value care in the State of Wisconsin.  Additionally, Janet serves on the Executive Steering Committee for the Business Health Care Group (BHCG), the employer coalition in Eastern Wisconsin. As part of BHCG, Janet has driven the offering of a high performance health plan where physicians are curated based on quality and efficiency for Northwestern Mutual employees and the Wisconsin market.

Prior to her current role, Janet worked as a Health and Group Benefits consultant partnering with employers on their benefits and wellbeing strategies. 

She lives in Mequon Wisconsin with her husband Stephen, daughter Petra and dog Masha.