Upon finishing her schooling, Ryan, who is a tax specialist, lived in Washington, D.C., for about a decade. She continued to work as a congressional aide for some time and then as a corporate lobbyist, representing some of the biggest names in a range of industries. Among her corporate clients were Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Marathon Oil, the United Parcel Service and the Cigar Association of America.
In a period of about three years, Ryan's 20 corporate clients paid more than $2.7 million in lobbying fees to her two employers, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Williams & Jensen, according to an August 2012 Huffington Post article.
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While her husband is a conservative Republican, Ryan comes from Democratic roots and has been labeled a "practical conservative." Ryan's uncle, David Boren, was a Democratic governor and U.S. senator. His son, Ryan's cousin Dan Boren, is a Democratic U.S. representative. Additionally, Ryan's family was friendly with Democratic U.S. Representative Bill Brewster, for whom Ryan worked as a congressional aide for some years.
Following her mother's death in 2010, Janna Ryan inherited between $1 million and $5 million, which reportedly accounts for a large portion of the wealth that she and her husband now enjoy.
http://www.biography.com/people/janna-ryan-20950271
Sounds like the Ryans are pretty well keyed in to the Beltway.