Janet Cooper has worked as a marketing communications professional for more than 20 years, serving a number of businesses and organizations, including the Scottsdale Gallery Association, Arizona Indian Arts Alliance, Scottsdale Arts Festival and the McDowell Mountain Music Festival in Arizona. Cooper joined Dublin Arts Council in 2006 and currently serves as Director of Engagement.

Cooper is the recipient of a Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for public service programming in partnership with KNXV-TV in Phoenix. She served as media and public relations director for Phoenix-based U-Haul International, Inc., and was selected by PepsiCo to facilitate a test-market program in Tucson, Ariz., coordinating the largest single-day event in the Diet Pepsi brand history. She also served as public relations director and account manager with Las Vegas-based R&R Advertising, opening Phoenix operations for the agency that developed the “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas” campaign and directing the market launch for Starbucks Coffee Company.

She currently serves on the Greater Columbus Events Council and on the Digital Communications Committee of the Columbus Arts Marketing Association. Cooper received a B.S. in Marketing Management from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City.