CULTURETECHLENSJanella Curtis
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07507 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6321.
Janella Curtis is the founder and CEO of Notary Nook, her Chicago notary and loan-signing practice — she is an Illinois-commissioned notary public, a remote online notary and a certified loan signing agent with 250+ completed signings on her professional profile — and the creator of NookScan Protocol, a patent-pending, AI-powered document-compliance platform she describes as designed to catch errors before execution; in a published statement she dates founding both in August 2025. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Janella Curtis is the founder and CEO of Notary Nook, her Chicago notary and loan-signing practice — she is an Illinois-commissioned notary public, a remote online notary and a certified loan signing agent with 250+ completed signings on her professional profile — and the creator of NookScan Protocol, a patent-pending, AI-powered document-compliance platform she describes as designed to catch errors before execution; in a published statement she dates founding both in August 2025.
Notes
Organization edge: Notary Nook / NookScan are not homed; founded edges BLOCKED until homed. The August 2025 founding date rests on her own published statement (via a curated newsletter) and is attributed as such in the description. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Founder & CEO, Notary Nook and NookScan Protocol.
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Janella Curtis as Founder & CEO, Notary Nook and NookScan Protocol, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- Snapdocs, professional profile for Janella Curtis, Chicago (accessed 2026-10-21): identifies her business as Notary Nook of Chicago, her as creator of NookScan Protocol, and lists her notary and loan-signing credentials and completed-signing count. (primary source · build store)
- BlueNotary profile (accessed 2026-10-21): corroborates Curtis's Notary Nook of Chicago practice and credentials. (primary source · build store)
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