The Commissioner of Corporations

Commissioner Jan Lynn Owen Jan Lynn Owen was appointed by Governor Brown on December 27, 2011.

Commissioner Owen has been the principal at The Jan Owen Group since 2010. She was a strategic initiatives manager at Apple Inc. from 2009 to 2010, Vice President of Government Affairs at JP Morgan Chase from 2008 to 2009, State Director of Government and Industry Affairs at Washington Mutual Inc. from 2002 to 2008 and Executive Director of the California Mortgage Bankers Association from 2000 to 2002. Owen was Acting Commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions from 1999 to 2000, after serving as Deputy Commissioner from 1996 to 1999.

Office of the Commissioner

The Office of the Commissioner of Corporations was established and became effective on November 1, 1913. Chapter 353, Statutes 1913.

First Biennial Report of the State Corporation Department to the Governor of the State of California by H.L. Carnahan, Commissioner of Corporations - 1916.
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Roll of Commissioner of Corporations