Project Manager
Jan Najera has more than two decades of leadership and project management experience, helping clients achieve and exceed their goals. She is known for her attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, collaboration, and strong interpersonal skills.
Since 2007, Jan has been a project manager at Sterling Foundation Management, where she focuses on maintaining back-office support and record-keeping, accounting, payroll, tax returns, and IRS compliance for nonprofit entities.
Upon graduating from college, Jan was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army. During the next four years, she led organizations in Europe, served along the former East German border during the Cold War, and later deployed to Iraq, where she participated in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm. After leaving active duty in 1993, Jan served for the next 14 years as a Family Readiness Group Leader. In this role, she provided communication and assistance to military communities around the world, helping promote self-sufficiency, resilience, and stability among soldiers and their families during both peace and wartime.
Jan earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas.