The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Reading Cllr Jenny Rynn was born and brought up in Tilehurst, Reading. She attended Grovelands Primary School and then moved on to Alfred Sutton Girls School.

Upon leaving school, Jenny worked for Lloyds Bank in Broad Street. When she married, she and her husband went to live in South Africa for 7 years.

She then returned to Reading and worked for various companies and now works for Deloitte, the accountancy firm.

Jenny became a Conservative Councillor in 2006 in Kentwood Ward and in 2012 Jenny became The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Reading.