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Janet Froetscher currently serves as President of the Pritzker Family Foundation. The Foundation focuses nationally on early childhood development and human and civil rights. It also focuses within Illinois on health. Janet was formerly CEO of the Special Olympics. There she led an international team of professionals throughout the world who implemented sports, health, education and community building programming in more than 170 countries ever. Special Olympics encourages and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to be productive citizens in their communities which leads to a more welcoming and inclusive society. Janet led the growth of the movement which served more than 4.2 million athletes with intellectual disabilities, and held more than 70,000 competitions annually. Prior to joining Special Olympics, Janet was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Safety Council (NSC), an organization whose mission is to save lives and prevent injuries. Under her leadership, the Council drove initiatives to save 10,000 lives and prevent 1 million injuries by focusing on issues such as workplace safety, distracted and teen driving. Prior to that, Janet was Chief Executive Officer of the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago where she led the merger of 54 United Ways into a single entity. She also served as Chief Operating Officer of the Aspen Institute and her corporate experience includes leadership roles within the Commercial Club of Chicago and Bankers Trust Company. Janet holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. She is a Board member of the Cboe and National Lewis University, and a member of the Chicago Network and Commercial Club of Chicago. Janet is a member of the 1998 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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