E. Janset Batibay

Director of Engagement and Outreach

Janset Batibay is Director of Engagement and Outreach at the Council where she leads The Council’s outreach efforts in expanding its member base and sustaining and increasing engagement from member companies and organizations that are aligned with the Council’s vision to create a more inclusive, sustainable, and strong economy.

Janset holds more than 15 years of work experience in government, for-profit and nonprofit industries in both Turkey and the United States. Born in Louisiana and raised in Texas and Tennessee and then Ankara, Turkey; Janset spent most of her formative years in both the US and Turkey. Bi-cultural and bi-lingual, Janset is an international professional that has adopted and utilized best business practices from both eastern and western societies.

Before joining the Council, Janset was Executive Director of the American Turkish Society, a New York based nonprofit organization with a mission of building cultural, economic, and diplomatic ties between US and Turkey. In that role, she oversaw the strategic, operational, and financial planning and administration required to run successful, revenue-producing programs, events, and organizations including the organization’s most important fundraising Gala as well as its most significant cultural event, the New York Turkish Film Festival.

Prior to this role, Janset oversaw business development and marketing for the Turkish and Art Law practices at Herrick, Feinstein, LLP; a mid-sized law firm headquartered in New York City with an international office in Istanbul, Turkey. Before her role at Herrick, Janset worked at the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, Turkey’s national tourism board in New York where she coordinated marketing and PR activities that helped attract more American tourists to visit Turkey.

Before moving to New York City, she was representative of the Honorary Consul of Niger in Ankara, Turkey. In that role, she guided Turkish business leaders in their investments in Niger and connected them with various government officials. She was also in charge of organizing an emergency food aid ceremony during the famine of 2010 in Niamey, Niger.

Janset holds an M.S. in International Communication Management from The Hague University in the Netherlands and a B.S. in Translation and Interpretation (English-Turkish-French) from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. A true believer in pursuing continuous professional development, Janset holds various certifications in nonprofit management, design thinking, digital marketing and more.

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