The VisionFirst Team
Meeting through a mutual friend in 1995, Janice Maffei and Joanne Spigner felt an immediate values synch which has played out in the many engagements they have collaborated on through the years. In 1999 they formed VisionFirst LLC to bring their varied experiences and skills to businesses, non-profits and civic organizations.
Janice Maffei
Work experience - Sales, sales management and training; founded predecessor company, Inventerprise, in 1985
Passions - Women's issues - an active supporter of Women for Women International Creative writer Published poet and playwright
Education - BA, Chestnut Hill College. MFA student at Stony Brook University
Joanne Spigner
Work Experience - Executive positions at Prudential Financial including managing director of leveraged finance, training director, vice president of work-life programs. Jordan Marsh (now Macy's) divisional branch manager and buyer
Volunteer Leadership - Colgate University Trustee, past president of Colgate's alumni association, recipent of distinguished service award. Leads numerous initiatives in her local community
Education - MBA in finance from NYU's Stern School. BA in Psychology from Colgate University