Janet Smith
Conservation | Strategic Partnerships | Policy & Impact
- Role
- Director of Development and Partnerships at Ctrees
- Location
- Ithaca, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Janet Smith
Experienced sustainability professional specializing in fundraising and building projects with diverse range of corporate, nonprofit, academic and public sector partners to structure innovative programs that have a measurable impact on the environment and society. Developed projects that secured over $10M in funding.Leads teams on a diverse portfolio of $2M+ grant projects from foundations and government grants on regenerative agriculture, sustainable finance, community development, and international development. Experience building multi-stakeholder projects with nonprofits and public sector including TNC, WWF, WRI, Oxfam, USAID, UNEP, Mercy Corps, UNICEF, NASA and USDA-NRCS. Passion for creating decarbonizing our economy, building sustainable food system, international travel and working with a diverse population. Broad experience working with international partners across Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the US.Specialities: Project Development & Program Management | Fundraising | Grant Writing | Sustainability Strategy | Partnership Building | Qualitative Research | Public Speaking | Leading Teams | Monitoring and Reporting | ESG Metrics | Carbon Monitoring | Relationship Building | Cross-Functional team building | International Development | Climate Change Action
Experience
Director of Development and Partnerships
Mar 2025 — Present
Leads strategic engagement with corporate, philanthropic and institutional partners to scale CTrees AI-enabled forest and deforestation datasets. Builds cross-sector collaborations connecting engineers, data scientists and field implementers co-design new remote sensing datasets that deliver high-impact sustainability programs
Education
Cornell University
Master of Science - MS
2015 — 2018
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's degree
2007 — 2011
Skills
- Capacity Building
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Youth Development
- International Development
- Fundraising
- Program Evaluation
- Grant Writing
- Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
- Event Planning
- International Relations
- Policy Analysis
- Program Development
- Research
- Nonprofits
- Training
- Volunteer Management
- Spanish
- Teaching
- Health Education
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