Janelle St. John

Janelle St. John is the Executive Director of Growing Home, appointed after being the Chief Fund Development and Communications Officer of Growing Home for over a year. Since her start at Growing Home, Janelle has helped form Growing Home’s essential 3-year working plan that includes initiatives geared towards deepening Growing Home’s commitment to the Englewood community through workforce development and food access. One of such initiatives included increasing Growing Home’s food distribution in Englewood, a goal which has been achieved and surpassed in 2020 by donating up to 90-100% of the first farm harvests in Englewood and continuing weekly and bi-weekly delivers at no cost to neighbors throughout the year.

Prior to Growing Home, Janelle spent five years as the Chief Development and Communications Officer and later Chief Strategy Officer for Edgewater Health, a Community Mental Health Center located in Gary, IN. She is a dynamic senior level professional with over 20 years of superior performance within the nonprofit industry. She holds a master’s degree in Public Service Administration from DePaul University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Chicago.