Jane is a business and communications strategist with a legal background and broad based domestic and international experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, specializing in the development of long and short-term communications strategies, reputation management, crisis communications and litigation support.
Since joining TSD in 2001, Jane has worked for a number of TSD’s clients, primarily in the corporate, financial services, and retail sectors. including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Farallon Capital Management, Interpol and the International Food and Beverage Alliance.
Prior to joining TSD, Jane worked with The Body Shop International plc in England, a global specialty retailer of personal care products and cosmetics, and a pioneer of corporate social responsibility. She served as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and Company Secretary of The Body Shop Foundation, which she established in 1991. She joined the company in the newly-created position of General Counsel and Company Secretary, and later assumed the position of Strategic Development Director, responsible for the strategic direction of the company, new business ventures, and the development and exploitation of The Body Shop brand on a global basis. Jane received a L.L.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Ontario, and joined the Toronto law firm of Holden, Murdoch & Findlay in 1985, specializing in the fields of media and entertainment, corporate finance and securities. From 1974-1984, she worked in the entertainment industry, managing and producing theatre and television productions in Canada and the USA.
Jane has also served as advisor to a number of start-up businesses in the consumer products and retail sectors. She was a member of the Board of Advisors of Ethos, LLC, a bottled water company whose mission is to donate part of its profits to fund humanitarian safe water and sanitation projects in the developing world, from the time of its formation until the company was acquired by Starbucks. Jane is a former trustee of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company, and currently serves on the boards of the New Mexico Children’s Foundation and the International Folk Art Alliance.