Help us celebrate Janet’s remarkable achievement of reaching the 10-year milestone at Venturi! Janet Cosby is the Contractor Team Lead for the Missile Defense Agency, International & Policy (MDA/DIS) for Venturi. Her hard-working, energetic, and happy personality has played a key role in fostering a cohesive and uplifting environment for her team and clients alike.
In June of 2014, Janet joined the Venturi team and now leads a team of six. Her responsibilities include the daily assignment of tasks, maintaining progress reports, and covering Business Operations as needed. As a DIS Action Officer (AO), Janet efficiently handles Foreign Disclosure (FD), Foreign Visitor Requests (FVR), Policy and Munition License reviews, and the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS). Additionally, she brings her expertise to Special Projects, where she excels in creating impactful presentations and monthly progress reports, as well as updating Continuity Books. Janet’s favorite part of her job is acknowledging and commending her team for their unwavering commitment and exceptional efforts, stating, “Fortunately, I get to praise often. This is an outstanding team made up of hard-working, caring people. I look forward to just coming into work, to be around people who want to be here, happy to do any task asked of them, who care about doing the best job possible. They make doing my job a pleasure.”
Outside of work, Janet enjoys getting ice cream with her kids and husband or going on a nice cruise in her vintage Jeep with the top down and classic rock blaring through the radio. Her favorite accomplishment is marking things off on her To-Do list at the end of the day, “Just knowing I completed work that matters really drives me. Be it cases I closed or different steps in the approval process of any given case I am working, I look forward to the end of the day and seeing what all I got accomplished.”
Janet is the epitome of hard work, dedication, and leadership. Her attention to detail and commitment to her role and her team have left an invaluable impression here at Venturi and with her clients, “In the 39 years I have been employed, this is the most challenging, yet rewarding job I have held. It is a fast-paced environment, ever-evolving, where no two cases are the same. Each day offers something new, be it a challenging case or a lesson learned… But I feel the secret to the success of this task and the stellar support we provide our client is simply due to this amazing team of contractors. I feel truly blessed to be one of them.” Thank you, Janet, for being a valuable asset to the team!