Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Graduate School: Harvard Business School/Harvard
Graduation Year: 2013

Undergraduate: Tuskegee University
Graduation Year: 2004

Bio: Janee is currently Financial Services Manager for Habitat for Humanity International. In this role she manages the Flexible Capital Access Program (FlexCAP), an affiliate loan program funded by over $40 million dollars in investor notes. Janee has been instrumental in improving the structure of Habitat’s unique mortgage backed loan program, and has led efforts to explore several growth related initiatives.  Janee joined Habitat after serving as a Teach for America Corp member for two years. Prior to that experience she was an Investment Banking Analyst within JP Morgan’s Syndicated and Leveraged Finance Group.  Additionally, in 2008, Janee led the development of a Smoothie King franchise. She is currently majority owner and an advisor for the Georgia based store.  Janee graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tuskegee University with a B.S. degree in Finance and Economics. She will matriculate at Harvard Business School in the Fall of 2011.

Venture Interest: Venture Capital
Sector Interest: Impact Investing

Springworks Project Title: Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Entrepreneurship Initiative

Springworks Project Description: My MBA capstone project will analyze the current efforts and effectiveness of HBCUs in preparing students and recent alumni for entrepreneurship.  I plan to use this analysis to guide a future recommendation on how to build HBCUs capabilities and capacity to effectively and efficiently, foster entrepreneurship and become premier incubators for talented minority entrepreneurs. This final output of this project will be a report that highlights my findings and if appropriate, outlines a programmatic framework that can be adopted by HBCUs interested in prioritizing entrepreneurship within their curriculums.