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Lyn Hennion

Children’s Advocate

Lyn Hennion was the senior vice president at Umpqua Investments in Medford. Previously, she was a vice president and senior regional manager for the Franklin Templeton mutual funds, based first in Oregon and later in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

An active community member, Hennion also currently serves on the boards of Southern Oregon University, Pacific Retirement Services, the International Women’s Forum – Oregon, the Robert J. and Leona DeArmond Public Foundation and the Buncom Historical Society. She is a member of the investment and audit committees of the Oregon Community Foundation, where she had also served as a board member. In 2015, she was named “First Citizen” by the Chamber of Medford/Jackson County.

Worth magazine named Hennion to its list of the “Best Financial Advisers” in the country three times. She was also recognized by Registered Representative magazine as one of 10 “Outstanding Brokers” and is listed in the Guide to America’s Best Financial Planners compiled by the Consumers’ Research Council of America. A graduate of Stanford University, Hennion also completed the Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds the Certified Financial Planner designation.