In her previous role as V.P. of the Citizenship Education Fund, Janice published a series of reports on diversity in Fortune 1000 firms based in the Southeastern U.S.  During her tenure with CEF, more than a dozen persons of color were added to corporate boards in the region.  She served on diversity advisory committees for both the Coca-Cola Company and Georgia Power. 

In 2015 she led a successful effort to establish a DBE program for state-funded Georgia Department of Transportation projects.  She helped Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. negotiate diversity pacts with Toyota, YUM! Brands and Intel.  

She served on the Rules Committee of the DNC and the national Board of the League of Women Voters of the U.S.  She was a delegate to the 1988 and 2012 Democratic National Conventions and is a member of the national Social Action Commission for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. 

Janice and Davida Mathis host Sisters-in-law on News and Talk 1380 WAOK.com. She earned degrees from Duke University in Economics and Public Policy and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia.  She is the recipient of awards from Good Housekeeping, Delta Sigma Theta, Judge Penny Brown Reynolds’ Sister Talk, the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys and the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus.

Janice has a B.A. in Economics and Public Policy from Duke University, University of Georgia  and Juris Doctorate from University of Georgia School of Law

Janice was married to Harry Johnson, has two adult children; three grandchildren.  She teaches Sunday School and is on the building committee at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church.