Executive director of the Civic Caucus since January 1, 2017, Janis Clay has a keen interest in public policy and business and nonprofit corporate governance. In addition to many years in the practice of law, she has served on numerous business and nonprofit boards. These include the Red River Valley & Western Railroad, the Twin Cities & Western Railroad, the Minnesota Prairie Line, the Western Railroad Equipment Company, the Minnesota Zoo Foundation, the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, the North Shore Scenic Railroad, the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota, the Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association, and the Civic Caucus. She graduated from St. Olaf College with a BA in economics and from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was a staff member and a managing editor of the Minnesota Law Review. In private law practice, she has received the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating of AV Preeminent since 2001, the highest level of professional excellence. Clay has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Civic Caucus since 2009.