Janice L. Mathis, Esq.

Private practice of law, Athens, Georgia, 1980-1998.
Firm founder, managing partner specializing in real estate, probate, civil litigation and child support enforcement.
Chief of Staff, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., 1998-2000.  Responsible for supervision of national staff of 100 and budgets in excess of $10,000,000.
Vice President and General Counsel, The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Inc., 2000-2002.  Responsible for all legal affairs and risk management.
Current position:  Vice President, The Citizenship Education Fund, a progressive research and education organization, specializing in equal opportunity, equitable education funding, limits to media concentration and corporate diversity and responsibility.
Member of the Georgia Power Diversity Advisory Committee and former member of the The Coca-Cola Company’s Supplier Diversity Council.
Deputy Issues Director, Dukakis Bentsen Presidential Campaign, 1988.

Civic and Professional:

Democratic National Committee
State Bar of Georgia
League of Women Voters of the United States
United Way
YWCO
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Leadership Georgia
National Council of Young Political Leaders

Articles and Commentary:

Why Augusta National?, New York Times Editorial;
Affirmative Action, Rainbow PUSH Journal;
Affirmative Action commentary, Georgia Public Television;
Speech to Anti-Bush Rally in Tallahassee on day of Bush inaugural, C-SPAN;
Should the Government be in the Gambling Business?, Zebra Magazine;
Federal Courts and Civil Rights, Speech to JJA and Associates seminar;
Effective Negotiation, lecture to NAACP continuing legal education seminar;
Confederate Flag commentary, Court TV

Awards/Honors:

Centennial Olympic Community Hero Torchbearer
100 Young Women of Promise, Good Housekeeping Magazine
A.B. Duke Scholar
National Achievement Scholar
Outstanding Young Women of America

Education:

University of Georgia, J.D.;
Oxford University;
Duke University, B.A., Economics and Public Policy

Personal:  Born October 21, 1954, Greenville South Carolina; married with two young adult  children; resident of Athens, Georgia.

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