Janice Allen

Janice Rosser Allen (Nurs ’75 L/M) has published her first book. Entitled God in the Crossroads: Signs of Hope, the book details Janice’s experience as CEO of International Cooperating Ministries (ICM), an international nonprofit founded in 1986 by Janice’s father, Dois Rosser. The organization aids Christians in developing nations by enabling them to build permanent churches, schools and orphanages, and supplying them with Bible study materials in their language.  

A successful oncology clinical specialist and nursing educator, Janice initially had no plans to take an executive role at ICM. But when her husband of 27 years passed away from ocular melanoma in 2005, her life changed direction. In 2006, she accepted the position of CEO and Executive Chair of the board at ICM. 

God in the Crossroads outlines Janice’s personal journey to ICM, along with the struggles and triumphs of Christian believers in the field. From Tanzania to Peru, from Russia to Vietnam, the book offers powerful stories of faith and hope in spite of the odds.

Co-authored by New York Times bestselling author Ellen Vaughn, God in the Crossroads: Signs of Hope can be purchased at http://icm.org/shop.

Janice graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia Nursing School in 1975, then earned a Master’s in Nursing from Duke University in 1977.

Janice Allen (Nurs ’75 CM) is the executive chair and CEO of International Cooperating Ministries. She frequently travels the globe for work, to rural villages in Vietnam, Tanzania, China and Colombia. Ms. Allen lives in Richmond, Va., and has three grown sons.