Bio

Jana Rich leads the Consumer Internet, Media and Entertainment practices for Russell Reynolds Associates, a global executive recruiting firm. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Ms. Rich was with Korn/Ferry International where she created and co-led the software and emerging technologies practice in North America. While there, she worked with many of the leading venture capital firms including a partnership program with Softbank Venture Capital, now Mobius Venture Capital, serving as their Recruiter-in-Residence conducting senior-level assignments for their portfolio companies. Before that, Ms. Rich was a consultant with Swander Pace & Co., a leading management consulting firm where she focused on the consumer products industry. Earlier, she was with Coopers & Lybrand, where she led the recruitment of 400 MBAs to build its emerging management consulting practice. Ms. Rich began her career as a public relations account executive primarily with Howard Rubenstein and Associates in New York. Ms. Rich received her B.A. degree in psychology from Vassar College and her M.B.A. degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.