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Jane Hays Henneman Class of 1972
Jane
Hays Henneman, J.D., is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Office of
The Downey Group, Inc. She provides life insurance and wealth transfer planning
independently and together with Dave Downey and other Downey Group
professionals. She also oversees all of The Downey Group operations, including
client service of inforce policies purchased in connection with wealth transfer
planning. She joined The Downey Group in early 1994 after almost 15 years
practicing law. She has been an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois
College of Law since 1985. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the State
Universities Retirement System of Illinois, and of the Champaign Public and
Information Center, Executive Club of Champaign County, the Finance Committee of
the Carle Foundation, and Chair of the Carle Foundation Gift Planning Committee.
Ms. Henneman is an appointed member of the Illinois State Bar Association Trusts
and Estates Section Council and is a past President of the Eastern Illinois
Estate Planning Council. She is the mother of three children.