Growing up in the Northwest and graduating from the University of Oregon with a teaching degree, Jan never intended to choose acting as a career or even envisioned working in front of the camera, let alone on stage before hundreds of people. But for the last 28 years that's exactly where she has found herself…and loving every minute of it!

With over 1500 television commercials gives Jan the expertise needed to work both nationally and internationally. Advertising products ranging from diaper service to luxury automobiles, Jan emotes genuine enthusiasm with her camera presence and style.

Jan began as a model in 1981 and soon wound up in front of the camera in her first TV commercial in Eugene Oregon. Moving to Portland and pursuing a career in acting, she studied at the Training Ground, now Portland Actors Conservatory and believes it was here she learned the solid fundamentals of acting which lead to the 1994 Cascade Awards Oregon Media Production Association's "Judges Excellence In Achievement Award for Acting".

Jan's career has included and continues in stage, film, television, corporate video, radio, live show presentations and print. See resume for detailed info.

• "When you receive rejection or failure and feel as if you're going down, instead let it kick you forward"

• "Move -- just move, sometimes it doesn't even matter what direction. Just get up and move. Action causes motivation and inertia breeds inertia"

• "When it stops being fun, quit"