Jan Day Gravel is the principal of the Janus Development Group, a firm specializing in strategic consulting and leadership development for business, industry and communities. Jan focuses on the development of successful collaborations in complex, dynamic environments.

Certified in principle-centered negotiation, she received a Masters of Arts in Conflict Resolution from Antioch University in Ohio. Her thesis is based upon the Emergenetics® model and its application to the creation of coalitions on public policy issues.

Jan is the only person in the United States to serve as the executive director for five independent community leadership programs. Her work in community coalitions has dealt with education, environment, government, and the judiciary. She facilitated the first Environmental Justice panels initiated by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Jan has served as vice president of the board of the U.S. National Senior Sports Organization, and was vice-chair of the local organizing committee which hosted the 1993 USNSO competition that attracted over 7,000 competitors. In 1997, the Baton Rouge Business Report recognized her as one of the "Top 25 Women for 1997."