Janeya Griffin is The Commercializer® - a strategy consultant, serial and social entrepreneur, advocate for technology, entrepreneurship, inclusive innovation, social justice, and generational wealth, specifically within underserved communities. A HBCU STEM graduate, member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and the daughter of two formerly incarcerated individuals; at the young age of 16 she and her younger brother of 6 were introduced into the world of what it meant to experience hardship. Not knowing it would be a catalyst in helping her to fulfill her purpose.
14 years later, two degrees, a certificate and a contracting job with the National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA), Janeya’s passion for problem solving and establishing connections would turn her into a lead Technology Transfer Specialist Contractor and an Executive Board Member for Federal Labs all over the country. She recently founded a consulting startup called The Commercializer®, LLC a strategic firm that actualizes independent Inventors intellectual assets, monetizes entrepreneurs ideas, and bridges the gaps between resources and historically excluded communities.
In addition, she is Co-founder and the Chief Strategy Officer of a creative agency called ConCreates, focused on serving the men, women, and children both behind and beyond bars, including changing the narrative and stigma behind how society views people with criminal histories and how people with criminal histories view themselves. In this role, alongside her team, she is able to provide positioning strategies for authentic insights and creative campaigns. In 2020 she became the policy chair and board member of 600 & Rising where she's tackling systemic oppression and racism within the ad industry. Lastly and most recently she began conducting a study which focuses on increasing diversity in space for historically excluded communities. Learn more about it at diversityinspace.tech