The Joy of Jani
The Joy of J was created to be a reminder of the courage, beauty and joy that lives within each woman. The Joy of J is an invitation to women of all ages to act on and promote the passions that define them – an expression of who you are and what brings you joy! This blog is unique because we use fashion as a vehicle for social change. A portion of profits will be donated to the human rights/women's charity of the month!
Creator of The Joy of J, Jani (Jay-nee) Gerard, is an award winning veteran public relations professional living in New York City and doing charitable consulting. She is a philanthropist, a singer, a mom of twins, a serious student of French and part of Buckeye nation.
Jani Aronow Gerard is a veteran public relations professional with twenty years of experience producing national headlines, driving business, building brand equity and developing fresh, timely public relations approaches for Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 corporations, as well as for major not-for-profit organizations. Jani was the president and CEO of the national firm, Aronow Communications, Inc. Under her leadership, Aronow Communications became the number one independent food and beverage public relations firm in the nation.
Jani has inspired most of the major food trends of the past decade, including the cancer fighting benefits of tomato products, the health benefits of chocolate, tea’s cardiovascular properties and the importance of calcium fortification. Jani’s professional track record of success is unrivaled. She has catapulted virtually unknown companies to the top of the stock exchanges and has moved one of the world’s most influential health organizations to institute historic changes in its dietary recommendations which directly benefited one of her clients. Jani is also the founder of Channelblast, the first-ever live, interactive web channel featuring corporate sponsored news, music and comedy series.
Jani is co -founder of The Finding Humanity Circle, a project that recognize the humanity deficit all around us, encircles and embraces the problem and works toward finding a solution. It encourages the creation of a circle or circles of friends, colleagues, neighbors and global citizens to find, participate in, document, and advance humanity in everyday life. Its aim is to create empathy, attention and action around many societal issues that require a more humane, hands-on approach -- everything from bullying and lack of civil discourse to poverty, homelessness, isolationism, racism, xenophobia and violence.
Jani also participates in a volunteer capacity for many non-profit organizations, speaks excellent French, is a passionate member of Buckeye Nation, grows an urban garden on her terrace in NYC, is a singer and performer and the mom of twins.
Because of her visionary business approach, Jani is the recipient of four Silver Anvils, known as the “Oscar” of the public relations industry. She has also won several other prestigious public relations awards including the Big Apple and ACE awards.
Jani has lectured throughout the world about public relations and brand identity and has taught university level courses, including at her alma mater, The Ohio State University.
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