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Executive Consultants

JANUS Solutions has always been committed to bringing the best resources to support our clients’ needs. In an ever-increasing world of complexity, we are very much aware that no one person, or small group of people can provide the totality of services that clients deserve. We have been fortunate to recruit a number of experts, or Executive Consultants, to be able to deepen and diversify our service offerings. Whether the work involves financial, technological or communication skills, or subject matter prowess, we have affiliated with many excellent people to participate with us on our projects. And the bottom line is that if we cannot deliver on what a customer needs, we will not waste anyone’s time or resources.

Charles Venti
Executive Consultant

Charles (Charlie) Venti is the President of Inventive Strategies LLC where he provides technical assistance to government agencies and community organizations that are focused on human services, employment and training, social entrepreneurship, revenue development, service integration and systems reform.  JANUS Solutions and Inventive Strategies have formed a unique strategic alliance to bring the best of their deep experience and expertise to the public marketplace.  He is also an Adjunct Professor for the Rutgers School of Social Work. He began his professional career as a VISTA Volunteer in Fulton County, Georgia (1974-1975) and later with the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (1975-2002) and was the first Division protective services caseworker to rise to the position of State Director (1998-2002) until his retirement from state service.  After a fourteen-year affiliation with The Nicholson Foundation, a family foundation focused on alleviating poverty in New Jersey (2003-2016), where he was Executive Director for the last seven years, he again retired to pursue his consulting practice full time.

Charlie holds an MPA from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BA in Sociology from George Washington University.  He has been an expert witness in child welfare litigation.  He is a Board Member for The Family Success Institute, Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), Kuriosity Lab, and former Board Chairman of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) and current advisor to the Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship Network (GCSEN), Huamin Research Center at Rutgers University, and Greater Newark Local Initiative Support Corporation.  

Charlie and his wife Amy live in Fair Haven, NJ.

John Childress
Executive Consultant
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John T. Childress is an organizational development expert with over 25 years of experience.  John helped lead two major school reform initiatives for the School District of Philadelphia.  He served for 6 years as an elected School Board member in East Greenwich Township, NJ.  He is certified in the Balanced Scorecard strategic planning tool and has helped several non-profit organizations build and implement new strategic plans.  Over the years, John has built, launched, and managed many programs for youth and families including the Food Business Pathways Program in New York City.   This groundbreaking program teaches public housing residents how to build and manage sustainable food businesses which can help uplift them and their families.  John has chaired many collaborations over the years and utilizes his talents to help communities.

John CHildress

Cynthia Esposito Lamy, Ed.D.
Executive Consultant
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Dr. Lamy is a developmental and educational research psychologist with a focus on children, families and schools in poverty. She is the author of a recent book, American Children in Chronic Poverty: Complex Risks, Benefit-Cost Analyses, and Untangling the Knot, and as a Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, has published and contributed to many chapters, articles and reports. She has directed several large, longitudinal studies, including a 7-year study of Head Start families and children. She has developed a system to estimate the social return on investment of poverty-fighting for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Cindy Lamy

K. David Holmes
Executive Consultant
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David is a dynamic consultant who has been an invaluble member of numerous strategic planning engagements with Janus Solutions. He has led programs in both the non-profit industry and the public sector since 1980, acquiring an exceptional depth of knowledge and expertise in all areas of human services program delivery, including housing, childcare, welfare, medical assistance, entitlement programs, day programs, licensing and accreditations, transportation and family support services. David has held numerous positions within the New Jersey Department of Human Services and county government, and has also served as the Executive Director of LADACIN Network, a non-profit agency serving more than 2,500 individuals with multiple physical and developmental disabilities. In addition, David has taught Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Finance, Human Resource Management and Leadership courses at the graduate level.

K. David Holmes

Albert Linderman, Ph.D.
Executive Consultant

 

Albert Linderman, Ph.D., is the CEO of Sagis Corporation and an Executive Consultant for JANUS Solutions. Dr. Linderman is a cultural anthropologist who has guided organization and community change, and led numerous high-profile collaborations, including city-wide multi-sectoral collaborations of residents, government, business, nonprofit, and faith communities to solve complex community issues. He currently leads the management team of Passaic County, New Jersey’s Department of Human Services, while guiding a county-wide needs assessment, with an eye to the establishment of a system’s-guided Collective Impact to improve quality of life for people in the County. He has previously guided collective impact initiatives in communities large and small in South Dakota and Minnesota. He also has guided leadership transitions for several major Minnesota health care organizations as well as the Alliance of Community Health Plans in Washington, D.C. Albert is an experienced practitioner of a number of disciplines and evidence-based methodologies including MIT's System Dynamics, Collective Impact, Sense-Making Methodology, and Presencing. He has served over 100 companies, academic, and religious institutions, large and small as a consultant, both domestically and internationally. Albert also has a breadth of experience in providing mentoring and guidance to more than 200 emerging leaders, including dozens of social entrepreneurs as well as emerging leaders from all sectors of community life. He is the  author of numerous articles from publications as diverse as Purchasing Today, Human Resource Development International, the Journal of Nursing, the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, and an upcoming article for System Dynamics Review.  He is also the author of a book on human experience, Why the World Around You Isn’t as it Appears (Lindisfarne Books, 2012). Albert grew up in Birmingham, Alabama during the civil rights movement and is a first-generation immigrant, both of which has shaped the trajectory of his career.

 

Georjean Trinkle
Executive Consultant

Georjean Trinkle wants to live in a world where community resources are plentiful, poverty is non- existent, nonprofits are adequately funded and grant dollars are plentiful. She has been an Executive Consultant for Janus Solutions since 2018 where her past non-profit leadership experience provided a first-hand appreciation of the value nonprofits bring to address critical issues. She currently works as a consultant providing training, technical assistance, development and grant writing partnering with nonprofit and government agencies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and a Master’s of Science Degree in Management. She also teaches grant writing and other classes to strengthen nonprofit organizations as an adjunct Professor for Warren County Community College and through the J Harris Police Training Academy. You can also find her through the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce Internet radio where she hosts Hot in Hunterdon, a weekly broadcast/podcast where she explores hot topics and societal issues offering solutions and resources. She’s received the Humanitarian of the Year Award, the Diversity Partnership Award, Prevention Resources Leadership Award, and the Fresh Talk Award. You can follow her blogs at Orgboosters.com or her podcasts @ hunterdon-chamber.