Jacquelyn Reardon

Jacque is Vice President, Head of Retirement, Insurance, & 529 Marketing at Franklin Templeton, joining via the Legg Mason integration in 2020. She continues her responsibilities for developing the marketing strategy for the US retirement business, including insurance and subadvisory and DCIO, which she has done since joining Legg Mason in June of 2019. She manages a team of marketing specialists to implement this strategy and partners closely with the sales leaders of each distribution channel to ensure priorities are aligned. She also plays a key role in managing the marketing relationships with many of our strategic partner firms and has helped to implement improved prioritization and communication processes within the broader marketing organization.

 Prior to joining Legg Mason, she spent 7 years at AllianceBernstein leading the marketing efforts for their insurance and subadvisory business after initially joining the firm in a sales role for the same channel. Jacque had a long tenure in sales prior to making the move to marketing, including previous roles at Guardian Investor Services in Boston, MA and Lincoln Financial Distributors in Radnor, PA, promoting both retirement and variable annuity product solutions.

Jacque maintains Series 6, 7, 24, 63, and Life, Accident, & Health Insurance licenses. She graduated from Villanova University with a B.A. in Psychology.