Janice Dsouza serves as VP of Marketing & Communications. Bringing over 11 years of marketing experience and in her role, she takes on the Alliance’s nationwide marketing and public relations strategy and organization’s brand impact nationwide. Prior to this role, she led marketing efforts at several organizations, including Girl Scouts – N.C. Coastal Pines, a CDFI in North Carolina: Carolina Small Business Development Fund, and worked in internal communications at Blue Cross Blue Shield NC. Janice attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication with a concentration in Public Relations. Janice also holds a certificate in Digital Marketing from UNC Chapel Hill and a certificate in Community Development Finance from the Opportunity Finance Network. When she’s not working, Janice enjoys reading contemporary fiction and nonfiction, visiting local coffee shops and book stores, journaling, walking her two dogs Leo and Skye, and working on her own writing projects.