Janice Dru-bennett

Usa, Rhode Island Ambassador

A consultant, advisor, and ambassador, Janice Dru-Bennett develops partnerships across multiple global organizations as she focuses on establishing powerful brands and developing deep relationships.

As former senior marketing executive at a global network of innovation centers, Janice led the local and regional marketing initiatives to build thriving innovation communities around the world, for a platform designed to enable entrepreneurs and innovators to solve the world’s most intractable problems.

Janice has managed marketing programs for startups to Fortune 500 corporations spanning various industries, including financial services, e-commerce, information services, legal, B2B software, digital advertising, consulting, and higher education.

Passionate about helping make the world a better place, Janice serves as a nonprofit board director for the Providence Animal Rescue League (PARL) and served as a the board chair of The Center for Election Science, an organization seeking to improve voting methods. Janice has also spearheaded efforts to build stronger communities by organizing educational and networking events for nonprofit executive directors as well as entrepreneurs, startup founders, business and organizational leaders.

A corporate marketer and a startup founder, Janice has developed products and services, overseeing small projects in the hundreds to thousands of dollars as well as structuring multi-million-dollar budgets, while working closely with Sales, Finance, HR, Legal, Operations, and IT departments to collaborate and drive growth.