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About Joi

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
— Max Ehrmann

Thank you to the Washingtonian for naming Joi Chaney one of its most influential shapers of policy in 2022 and for featuring her on the cover. Washington DC's 500 Most Influential People (washingtonian.com)

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JUSTICE. OPPORTUNITY. INCLUSION.

JOI O. CHANEY is the founder of J.O.I. Strategies,* which develops strategies for organizations and companies seeking to achieve Justice, Opportunity, and Inclusion for America’s underserved communities.  Located in Washington, DC but with interests in Greater Washington, DC, New York State and Florida, J.O.I. Strategies seeks to further civil and criminal justice, expand economic opportunity, and advance diversity and inclusion for all, beginning with women and girls and persons of color.

J.O.I. Strategies was relaunched in 2023 after Joi returned from serving as Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at the National Urban League. In 2022, she was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of its 500 most influential in policy and was honored with a cover feature.

A political strategist and strategic partnership expert with nearly 25 years of experience in Washington, DC, Joi was previously Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Earlier in her career, she served as Director of Government Relations at Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Policy Director and Counsel of the U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee (Senate DPC), a leadership committee under the direction of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and then-Senator Byron Dorgan. During the 2000 election cycle, she was a staff member at the Democratic National Committee.

As a progressive policy advocate, Joi has focused much of her work on advancing the rights and expanding the opportunities of women in the workplace. During the Obama Administration, Joi was a senior advisor to the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). She went on to lead Equal Pay Today!, a Project of Equal Rights Advocates and was Senior Policy Counsel at Equal Rights Advocates. And at the start of her career, Joi served as an associate at the former Baach Robinson & Lewis PLLC in Washington, D.C and as Director for Student Chapters at the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy.

Joi is a co-founder of the Women’s Tech & Telecom Partnership, which will launch fully in 2024. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Loyola University – Chicago School of Law.

Joi is a native of Orlando, FL and is an active member of the Greater Washington, DC Community, where she lives with her family. She is immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors of Girls, Inc. of the Metropolitan Washington, DC Area and is an active member of the local chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Incorporated.

Joi also serves on several national boards, including Equal Rights Advocates, Fair Elections Center and the National Consumers League.

Joi is a graduate of Howard University and Harvard Law School.

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Our Team

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
— African Proverb
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Marvin W. Allen II

Policy Assistant

wayne.allen@joistrategies.com

 

Services

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
— Martin Luther King, Jr

Get To Know…

J.O.I. Strategies is a consulting firm that develops strategies for organizations and companies seeking to achieve Justice, Opportunity, and Inclusion for America’s underserved communities. Located in Washington, DC but with interests in DC, Florida, and New York State, J.O.I. focuses on political, governmental affairs, policy, communications, and management strategies that will further civil and criminal justice,  expand economic opportunity, and advance diversity and inclusion for all. Our services include:

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

POLICY ADVOCACY & STRATEGY

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STRATEGIES

POLITICAL STRATEGIES

CONVENING AND CONFERENCE PLANNING

SPECIAL PROJECTS

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The Work

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
— James Baldwin
In her role as Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, she hosts the National Urban League’s State of Black America Podcast (formerly For the Movement Podcast). Subscribe!

In her role as Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, she hosted the National Urban League’s State of Black America Podcast (formerly For the Movement Podcast).

SPECIAL PROJECTS

This is a social entrepreneurship project with Kate Black. Click on graphic to learn more.

This is a pro bono project on behalf of the Family of Nelson Wells, Jr. Click on graphic to learn more.

SELECTED CLIENTS

CURRENT

Protect Our Care - Joi serves as Policy and Health Equity Senior Advisor

National Women’s Law Center - Joi serves as a workplace justice advisor.

YWCA USA - Joi serves as an advocacy and third-party engagement consultant.

National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and the Black Women’s Roundtable - Joi serves as a strategic policy and advocacy advisor.

Walker’s Legacy - Joi manages their Capital Ready Coalition.

FORMER

National Partnership for Women & Families - Joi provided strategic advice to the advocacy team.

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Asset Funders Network - Joi partnered with Julie Kashen at Let’s Thrive LLC on a funders brief for AFN.

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Open Society Foundations - US Programs

Joi provided strategic advice to OSF-US’s advocacy team.

THE LEAGUE

Joi is worked on several projects, including the social impact campaign associated with the And She Could Be Next Documentary.

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UNITED STATE OF WOMEN & THE LEAGUE Joi previously served as a consultant for The League and United State of Women on the 2018 United State of Women Summit in Los Angeles, CA. 


SELECTED FORMER ROLES

In March 2021, Joi joined the National Urban League as Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy.

For nearly two years, Joi served at the National Urban League as Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy.

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Joi previously served the Director of the Equal Pay Today! Campaign, A Project of Equal Rights Advocates (formerly of the Tides Center) and Senior Policy Counsel at Equal Rights Advocates. Learn more at www.equalpaytoday.org AND www.equalrights.org.

Black Women Are Rising – When Will Our Pay? (Originally posted 07/31/17.)

Other Features

My opinions are aggressive, I admit that. But not my personality. I’m sociable.
— Ariel Sharon
Thank you to Shondaland for featuring me in your March 2019 story “3 Female Congressional Chiefs of Staff on How They Get it Done in D.C.” Read article at: https://www.shondaland.com/live/a26801176/female-congressional-chiefs-staff-how-get-done-dc/

Thank you to Shondaland for featuring me in your March 2019 story “3 Female Congressional Chiefs of Staff on How They Get it Done in D.C.” Read article at: https://www.shondaland.com/live/a26801176/female-congressional-chiefs-staff-how-get-done-dc/

ED Joi Chaney on Roland Martin on July 31, 2017. Thanks for building a movement around #BlackWomensEqualPay Day, but let's not stop now. Visit www.blackwomensequalpayday.org. And don't forget to follow us on Twitter at @equalpay2dayorg and at https://www.facebook.com/EqualPayToday/.

Thank you to Roland Martin for featuring me on Roland Martin Unfiltered as a regular guest panelist.

Thank you to Algene Sagery at The Minority Leaders Podcast for featuring me!

Thank you to Algene Sagery at The Minority Leaders Podcast for featuring me!

Thank you to Behind the Brilliance for interviewing me for Black Women’s Equal Pay Day.

Thank you to Behind the Brilliance for interviewing me for Black Women’s Equal Pay Day.

Thank you to Essence Magazine for featuring me in your March 2018 story on the “New Rule of Law.”

Thank you to WJLA Goodmorning Washinigton for inviting Equal Pay Today to talk equal pay in advance of Equal Pay Day.

Joi Chaney at Center for American Progress Action Fund on Black Women's Equal Pay Day - July 31, 2017.

Contact

I believe we are stronger together and we will go forward together.
— HIllary Clinton
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