Jane Watson Stetson is an American political professional who previously served as National Finance Chair for the

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, the organization which governs the

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of the United States. She served as Chair from 2009 to 2013. She has also held positions for

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of Vermont, Vermont Governor Howard Dean, and President Barack Obama.

Family

Jane Stetson is the granddaughter of

Thomas J. Watson Thomas John Watson Sr. (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of IBM. He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson developed IBM's managemen ...

(the founder of IBM) and the daughter of

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(chairman and President of IBM World Trade Corporation and former United States Ambassador to France). Stetson is originally a native of the

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area, but now works and resides in Norwich, Vermont and Washington, D.C. with her husband, E. William (Bill) Stetson III, and three daughters: Nancy, Katharine and Grace.

Education

Stetson studied at the Sorbonne and the American College in Paris, France. Fluent in

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, in 2013, she was named as a potential U.S. ambassador to France.

Philanthropy

Stetson is a member of the Board of Overseers for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center where she sits on the Community Advisory Board, which promotes community health. Stetson also co-founded the William E. Boyle Community Pediatrics Program which works to create family centered care atmosphere, and practice medicine under a collaborative model. Mrs. Stetson has served on the boards of The Mountain School of Milton Academy in

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and Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, as well as the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and the

Piney Woods Country Life School The Piney Woods Country Life School (or The Piney Woods School) is a co-educational independent historically African-American boarding school for grades 9–12 in Piney Woods, unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi. It is south of Jackson.C ...

in Piney Woods, Mississippi. She is also an advisor for the Vermont Intercultural Semesters, an international student enrichment program.

References

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