Joanna Jia

Joanna Jia is a corporate attorney with over a decade of experience specializing in securities law and corporate governance matters. She is SVP and Associate General Counsel at Jefferies, a global full-service investment banking and capital markets firm, where she advises the company on U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange disclosure obligations, executive compensation, and governance. Previously, she was Corporate Secretary at John Wiley & Sons, where she handled board of director matters, shareholder meetings, and oversaw subsidiary management for the global organization. Joanna started her legal career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where she advised on M&A and capital markets transactions. Joanna is excited to work with Book Fairies in its mission to help further access to books and promote literacy among children all around Long Island and New York City.

Testimonials

A parent of one of my students says that "Every day, S opens up his dictionary & reads it in the morning, & when he gets home from school. He touches that book at least 10x a day!" S's vocabulary score increased on the DOE's iReady test.

Ms. Vasquez PS 182

My students were so excited to see all the books in our classroom. They love going to the reading corner to look through the books and pick a different one to read. Prior to receiving the books from Book fairies, our classroom only had a few books!

Ms. M at PS 104 Queens, NY

My students were so excited to go book shopping for the first time. We have been working on our reading stamina by reading 2 more minutes independently each day. They made it to 20 minutes this week and were so engaged with the new books in our library.

Ms. L at Countrywood Primary Center, Huntington Station, NY