Jana Cohen Barbe Biography and Net Worth

Jana Cohen Barbe has served on the Board of Directors of Invitation Homes since November 2018. Ms. Barbe also serves as a Director of The Boler Company, a family enterprise with operations across the globe in manufacturing, real estate and other holdings, including Hendrickson International, the world’s largest producer and supplier of heavy-duty truck and trailer suspensions and related components for the global transportation industry. Ms. Barbe has earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight for board members from NACD and the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Barbe currently acts as a strategic business advisor to private equity firms and affordable and workforce housing matters. Earlier in her career, Ms. Barbe was a partner at Dentons, the largest law firm in the world, where for more than 25 years she advised many of the world's leading financial institutions and insurance companies on their affordable housing and community development investments and was instrumental in the creation and operation of some of the country’s most notable affordable housing portfolios.  Ms. Barbe currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Equine Adoption Center, a nonprofit dedicated to the rescue of all breeds of horses.  She is a past Chairperson of the Board of Thresholds, Illinois' oldest and largest provider of housing and supportive services for individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses and remains a Life Director of Thresholds. Ms. Barbe is also an impassioned advocate for women. A trailblazer, she was the first woman appointed to the Dentons’ Global Board where she served as the only woman for six years, and the first Global Vice Chair appointed from the U.S. region. As such, Ms. Barbe effectuated groundbreaking and lasting change for women in the legal profession, as recognized by Corporate Counsel and Inside Counsel magazines when they awarded her the 2019 Women, Influence & Power Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also a past Chairperson of the Board of Advisors of Catalyst, Inc., the much acclaimed international women’s advocacy organization.