Janet Gervais, Organizational Leadership (Ms) Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Us

Creating a safe space of cultural awareness and support for individuals dealing with poverty, illness, and disabilities• Develop and execute marketing and fundraising strategies for a community organization that provides an array of services to families and individuals in need• Actively involved in the governance and program committee to ensure quality programs and accountability of the organization

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Oversee governance, fundraising, and administrative policies for organization focused on helping vulnerable women secure and sustain employment through advice, education, advocacy, and apparel• Actively engaged in raising funds to support ongoing activities of the organization• Developed safety protocols that enabled the organization to continue to serve clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.• Helping clients style outfits for interviewing and workforce and getting clothing "floor ready" for clients

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Designed expression constructs to generate antibodies and antigens to support biologics development• Managed outsourcing of plasmid DNA 2000+ to support all Biologics Research (New Molecular Entity) NME programs. Acted as liaison between Molecular Biology and Protein Expression groups• Identified the most efficient and cost-effective Contract Research Organization (CRO) for DNA synthesis, and managed vendor relationships• Oversaw a $500K budget and multiple Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and created requests for proposals (RFP)• Led Voice of Bench Scientists Organization to improve laboratory environment, Scientist wellbeing and facilitate community engagement • Championed and organized innovative and successful programs to achieve Janssen’s philanthropic objectives while increasing employee engagement by 40% • Organized teams to renovate housing for low-income families in Philadelphia, and support organizations focused on reducing hunger such as Philabundance and Manna on Main• Spearheaded and executed efforts to collect over $1000 worth of food, and gift cards to donate to Laurel House• Coordinated and managed onsite and offsite community focus events and increased employee engagement• Served as a member of Pharma North America Women’s Leadership Initiative team to empower women.• Mentored High school science students in the Bridge to Employment initiative CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION & RELATIONSHIP BUILDING• Led diverse and cross-functional teams to plan and execute multi-cultural campus-wide events, such as volunteer and vendor fairs, campus socials, and several off-site employees and family appreciation days which helped to enhance cultural awareness and promoted collaborationTEAM LEADERSHIP & BUSINESS ACUMEN• Improved presentation skills of over 200 scientists and non-scientists by implementing “Presentation with Power” program • Vendor Management - Collaborated and managed relationships with vendors ethically and professionally

Us

• Designed and cloned Expression vector• Performed Histochemical staining for pathogen Identification• Performed DNA Cloning and DNA Prep• Managed Contract Research Organization (CRO) • Managed and oversaw outsourcing for molecular cloning with CRO• Designed and constructed a unique proprietary vector for easy interchanging of target RNA sequences.• Managed inventory and archives for bacterial clones.• Supervised and managed workloads for summer interns who assisted on critical projects. • Organized events to improve employee collaboration and relationship-building

Master Of Science - Ms, Organizational Leadership

Bs, Biology

Diploma, Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist