Cassi Janakos

Mentor Cassi Janakos, COO of Healthy Horizons, was recently named to Inc.’s 8th Annual Female Founders 500 list, alongside her mother and co-founder, CEO Sheila Dukas-Janakos. The honor recognizes 500 trailblazing women whose innovations are redefining industries and solving critical challenges across the globe.
Cassi and Sheila were recognized for their groundbreaking work expanding workplace lactation support across 130 cities in the U.S. and Canada, a mission rooted in maternal health, family well-being and employee retention. Under their leadership, Healthy Horizons has become a national leader in corporate lactation services, designing and maintaining lactation rooms, offering breast milk shipping, new parent resources and Lactation Room Servicing™ that supports millions of working parents.
“This recognition significantly elevates awareness of the critical need for comprehensive workplace lactation programs,” Cassi shared, “empowering us to partner with more employers and foster truly supportive, family-friendly workplaces.”
In addition to this honor, Healthy Horizons has earned spots on the Inc. 5000 list, the San Francisco Business Times’ 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies, and was named one of America’s Top 100 Small Businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.​