Juanita represents companies with respect to executive and financial management; advocacy before government, industry, media and related constituencies; and policy development, strategy and execution.

Before joining Brownstein, Juanita was President and Chief Executive Officer for the American Forest and Paper Association where she represented companies in the forestry, timber and wood/paper products industry. From 1998 to 2006, Juanita was President and Chief Executive Officer for the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America. In this position she served as primary spokesperson and advocate for the industry to government, industry, media and related constituencies.

Prior to that, Juanita worked as Vice President for Federal Relations at Philip Morris Management Company, Inc. In this capacity, she provided strategic and political advice and lobbying assistance to the CEO, General Counsel and Vice President for Corporate Affairs. Juanita was primary liaison and lobbyist with House and Senate Leadership and key Committees and directed corporate charitable contributions for the Washington Relations Office.

From 1990 to 1996, Juanita was Executive Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications for the National Food Processors Association where she created and directed the government affairs program to achieve the association's policy and goals on issues of health, safety, environment and nutrition. She also managed the communications program for external and internal constituencies. 

Juanita served in the White House under President George H. W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs where she was responsible for communication to and from the White House with Cabinet officers and senior staff of the Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Agency for International Development. Prior to that, Juanita served under President Ronald Reagan's Administration as Special Assistant to the President and Executive-Secretary, Domestic Policy Council and before that as Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, Domestic Policy.

After graduating from Georgetown University Juanita served as a Staff Member for the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Family and Human Services and the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism.