Janet B Reid

Janet B. Reid, appointed by Governor Strickland in 2009, is a Managing Partner and Director of Global Novations, an international management consulting firm specializing in leadership development, talent management and market expansion. Global Novations’ headquarters is in Boston, MA and it has operations in 20 countries. Global Novations was formed by the merger of Global Lead Management Consulting and Novations Group. Dr. Reid was founder, Managing Partner and former CEO of Global Lead. Dr. Reid’s prior professional experience includes a decade at Procter & Gamble where she held a series of progressively more responsible positions including: research chemist, section head and brand manager. She earned a Ph.D. in BioInorganic Chemistry from Howard University in 1979, and a B.S. in Chemistry in 1975. Her research in the area of kinetics and metalloporphyrins was accepted and published in many refereed scientific journals. Dr. Reid is widely quoted and her opinions regarding organizational structure, career development, diversity and inclusion and globalization have appeared in: Time; Fortune; the Associated Press; Black Enterprise; the Chicago Tribune; DiversityInc; PR Week; CareerJournal.com; Investor’s Business Daily; TheStreet.com; Cincinnati Enquirer; Cincinnati Business Courier; Essences Magazine; and others. Dr. Reid is a proven leader in developing and implementing successful leadership; diversity/inclusion; marketing; and strategic change initiatives in major corporations. Her particular expertise is in shaping corporate strategy and developing qualitative measures of bottom line benefits. She has also been a consultant and coach to numerous c-suite executives and is often a keynote presenter on issues of globalization, diversity/inclusion and organizational development within corporations. Dr. Reid has worked with Global Novations in numerous countries across the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. One of her areas of expertise is China and developing effective leadership strategies for U.S. companies doing business there. Dr. Reid is a member of numerous professional associations. She is: a trustee of Catholic Healthcare Partners, Inc. (a$5B health care holdings company with over 100 hospitals and medical facilities) and currently serves on the Governance and Mission Committee ; a member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cincinnati; Trustee of The Ohio State University serving on the Medical Affairs Committee, Committee on Trusteeship and the Academic Affairs Committee; Trustee of Xavier University in Cincinnati, serving on the Executive Committee; Academic Affairs Committee and Chairing the Diversity and Inclusion Committee; a Minority Shareholder of the Cincinnati Reds, a MLB team. Her extensive prior board service includes being Chair of the Board of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; Chair of the Board of the Health Foundation (a $250 million foundation); Director of ChoiceCare, a health care corporation that sold to Humana. Dr. Reid resides in Cincinnati and is the mother of two children, Dr. Amanda Reid, a psychologist and Leon A. Reid, IV, a sculptor.