jan whitsitt

Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Environmentalist, Idea generator, Lawyer, Parent, Philanthropist, World traveler

Jan had a 20-year career in law, the media, sports marketing, broadcasting, and business management. A former Wall Street lawyer, she moved on to ABC Sports in business and legal affairs. After a stint at KOMO-TV in Seattle as a reporter, she wrote the marketing plan for the 1990 Goodwill Games. In 1984 Jan joined the Seattle Supersonics (NBA) as vice president of marketing and broadcasting. Later she co-founded Lavender Heart Botanicals, a gift manufacturing company, and served on the advisory board for the Hart Marx Corporation. She was a 9 year member on the Board of Trustees for the Seattle Foundation and co-taught a graduate course at Seattle University in sports administration and leadership. Jan was a contributor for the Huffington Post and co-founder of Whitsitt Enterprises, a consulting business. She is co-founder of the Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series on Whidbey Island. YPO NW. Jan is on the leadership team for SanctuariesOfTheEarth.org eventually leading to the creation of a Museum of the Earth in Seattle housing a collection of conscientiously mined colossal and rare crystals. Graduated from Yale University Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Her law degree is from the University of Virginia.

Our planet, nature, connecting people, watercolor painting, hiking, biking, brainstorming, curiosity

I'm the mother of TED Fellows Director, Lily James Olds

marketing, brainstorming

My daughter, Lily James Olds, is the Director of TED Fellows