Janet H. Zelenka joined the Board of Directors of FTI Consulting, Inc. in March 2025 and serves as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Committee.
Ms. Zelenka is the former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer of Stericycle, Inc., a business-to-business services company that specializes in regulated medical waste disposal and compliance solutions, which she joined in June 2019. During her time at Stericycle, Ms. Zelenka was instrumental in leading a significant financial turnaround and a technology-enabled transformation through divesting non-core businesses, reducing debt, improving cash flow, building an effective internal control framework and implementing an enterprise resource planning system. Additionally, Ms. Zelenka led the valuation, due diligence and integration planning that supported Stericycle’s $7.2 billion sale to WM (formerly known as Waste Management), leaving her role after the acquisition was completed in November 2024.
Before joining Stericycle, Ms. Zelenka was a leader for 15 years with Essendant Inc., (formerly known as United Stationers), culminating in her promotion to Chief Financial Officer until the company’s acquisition by Sycamore Partners. While at Essendant, she also served in the roles of Chief Information Officer (partially concurrent with the CFO position) and Senior Vice President of Business Integration during a transformational period for the company. Earlier at Essendant, she served in Vice President roles in finance, pricing and internal audit. She began her career at Ameritech/SBC (now AT&T) in a range of information technology (“IT”), financial and operational roles, including CFO of the IT division and Vice President of IT.
Ms. Zelenka currently serves on the boards of two private companies: IDEAL Industries, a global designer and manufacturer of power management devices, interconnect solutions and electrician tools and supplies, and U.S. Venture Holdings, Inc., a distributor of energy, tires, lubricants and transportation products. She serves as the Audit Committee Chair and is a member of the Compensation Committee on both boards. Ms. Zelenka also formerly served on the Board of Directors of Summit Electric Supply, a privately held distributor of industrial electrical equipment and supplies.
Ms. Zelenka received an M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Rockford University.