Janette Walker

Janette Walker brings more than five decades of experience in customer service and administrative support. Her career began with clerical work in a Navy office during summer programs, followed by a role in the typing pool at General Dynamics Electric Boat where submarines were built. She later served as an international customer service representative in the ball bearing industry, managing accounts with subsidiaries across Asia including China and Japan, as well as Europe. This path led her to city government and the chamber of commerce, where she discovered her passion for community work. In education, she spent the past three years conducting GED assessments and mentoring young single moms, drawing from her own experiences as a single mother. She earned an AS in business administration as a non-traditional student and maintains her role as a notary. Now in her second retirement, she attributes her success to consistent hard work and strong ethics, and she plans to return to the local Board of Education on an as-needed basis while focusing on inspiring the next generation, especially single moms, to become self-sufficient through education and perseverance.