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Jan Hopkins founded The Jan Hopkins Group in 2005. JHG is a communications consulting company that specializes in media and presentation training.
Jan Hopkins is an Emmy and Peabody Award winning journalist and former anchor & correspondent at CNN with two decades of experience in business news and network television production. Prior to CNN she worked for ABC World News Tonight, CBS network television news, and for radio and television stations in Ohio.
After leaving CNN she became Managing Director and Head of Client Communications at Citigroup Private Bank and served as the first women President of the Economic Club of New York. The Economic Club is one of the oldest and preeminent speaker's platforms for business and political leaders.
She is an Independent Director of Franklin Templeton Mutual Shares and Alternative Investments where she serves as a member of the Nominating and Compensation Committees. Previously she served on NASDAQ-listed FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corporation, which successfully merged with Payoneer. In addition, she served on Fintech Acquisition Corporation 3, which successfully merged with Paya. Directors and Boards Magazine chose her as a "Director to Watch".
Jan Hopkins was a member of the Advisory Board of Houlihan Lokey, the Investment Bank. She is a member of the Alumni Advisory Board of the Knight Bagehot Fellowship at Columbia University School of Journalism. As a Bagehot Fellow she studied at Columbia University School of Business.