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Janet Reilly serves as First Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Janet was appointed to the Board in February 2003, by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and is one of nine directors representing the City and County of San Francisco.
In addition to serving on the Board of the Golden Gate Bridge District, Janet is the founding member and President of the Board of Directors of Clinic by the Bay, a non-profit, volunteer-powered health care clinic for the working uninsured. Clinic by the Bay is based on the Volunteers in Medicine model of health care and is scheduled to open in San Francisco in the summer of 2010.
In 1998, Janet and her husband, Clint Reilly, created the Archbishop's Loaves and Fishes Awards Dinner . a Catholic Charities/CYO fundraising event celebrating the extraordinary work of individual philanthropists, corporate donors and community service organizations. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $10 million dollars for the various programs of Catholic Charities and CYO.
For six years, Janet served on the Board and the Executive Committee of the Asian Art Museum. She also served on the Board of the San Francisco Film Society, the Foundation Board of Mount St. Joseph . St. Elizabeth, the development committee of Catholic Charities and the advisory Board of the Shanti National Training Institute.
Janet has received numerous awards and recognition for her community involvement. These awards include the Frank Brennan Award from the St. Vincent De Paul Society, the 2009 Honoree at the San Francisco Suicide Prevention, .Laughs for Life. Annual Dinner, and as an honoree of Shanti's National Training Institute.
Professionally, Janet was the Manager of Public Relations for Mervyn's department stores. She was the primary spokesperson for the company and managed all external communications, speaking for the company to local and national media including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and cable and network news outlets. Janet was a key strategist for positioning Mervyn's in the national media as a world-class retailer. She directed and implemented all crisis communication plans and was responsible for advising Mervyn's executives in dealing with the press.
While at Mervyn's, she created the Mervyn's Community Closet - a 72-foot big-rig truck transformed into a department store on wheels. The Community Closet traveled throughout the country donating work-appropriate wardrobes to men and women making the transition from welfare to work, benefiting more than 6,500 women in more than 100 cities.
While living in Los Angeles, Janet worked for Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan. She was the Mayor's principal spokesperson and liaison to Hollywood, West Los Angeles, Brentwood, Bel Air and Pacific Palisades. In this critical role, she acted as the Mayor's direct link with leading corporations, business associations, neighborhood groups and civic organizations in the nation's second largest city.
While in the Mayor's office, Janet created Community Roundtables, an innovative concept bringing the Mayor together with leading citizens and civic groups to address pressing issues in Los Angeles neighborhoods.
Prior to her work with Mayor Riordan, Janet was an anchor/reporter for CBS-affiliate KGWN-TV in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
In 2006, Janet ran for the California State Assembly. Her campaign was largely focused on the platform of providing healthcare for all, and she has remained committed to the issue by founding the Clinic by the Bay.
Janet graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Mass Media Communications from UCLA and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Masters Degree in Journalism from Medill at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Janet is married to businessman Clint Reilly. Clint is the owner of several real estate properties, including the Merchants Exchange Building in San Francisco's financial district, which boasts the Julia Morgan Ballroom, one of the City's premier event facilities. Janet and Clint are the proud parents of two daughters, Jill, 10, and Ava, 8.
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