Jan L. Owen

Jan L. Owen has been a senior advisor in the Financial Services Group at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, since 2019 and is based in the Sacramento, Calif., office. Her practice includes a wide range of oversight work including accountancy, assets recovery, auditing, banking, benefits administration, corporate governance counseling, strategic planning, public policy review and analysis, regulatory representation, budget preparation and financial reporting. Her clients include major banks and consumer financial institutions, Fintech startups, blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, cannabis owners and operators and technology companies.

From 2013 to 2019, Owen served as the Commissioner of California’s Department of Business Oversight, which is now known as the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), the state of California’s financial regulator. Prior to that, she served as Commissioner of the California Department of Corporations. Before serving in these significant public roles, Owen worked at a leading investment banking firm, one of the world’s leading consumer products companies and at her own consulting firm.

Owen served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Bank of Southern California from 2020 to 2022. Since 2020, she has been a member of Kraken Bank’s Board of Directors, and since 2019, she has served on the Advisory Boards of Radicle Impact and Jiko. Owen is a graduate of California State University, Fresno, where she earned her B.A. degree in Economics.