Janet Nezhad Band

Janet Nezhad Band has more than two decades of leadership experience in philanthropy and development with particular expertise in strategy, volunteer team building, donor engagement, solicitation, and stewardship.

Janet is the Chair of Fair Trade USA’s Resource Development Committee and serves on its Executive and Governance Committees. She is a Member of the Harvard College Fund Executive Committee and a Board Member of the Harvard Club of New York Foundation. Janet also serves on the Advisory Council of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights.

Janet clerked for the Honorable William C. Conner in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York prior to joining the litigation practice at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. She left Paul, Weiss to join MTV Networks as lead counsel for Nickelodeon’s off-channel businesses and the “Nick Jr.” programming block.

Janet received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and an A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College. In 1984, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt.