Janet S. Elam

Janet returned to Shalom Austin as COO in January 2020 after nearly fifteen years at JCC Association, serving as Chief Experience Officer and before that as Senior Vice President for community consultation and executive leadership. Janet worked with 160 JCCs throughout North America and managed the agency’s executive leadership programs, focusing on first-time JCC executive directors. Janet moved to Austin in 2000 when the Dell Jewish Community Campus opened and served as the first COO, after spending 20 years at the JCC in Cincinnati, starting her career as a resident camp director and concluding her tenure there as executive director. Janet has a degree in sociology from Brandis University and she and her husband have three adult children.