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Line 10: | death_place = | occupation = Nonprofit manager, board member, trustee | spouse = Stewart Hoyt Jones | parents = | children = Line 18: }} '''Jean Correy Jones''' (born 1942) was the President and CEO of Girl Scouts Mile High Council for 25 years, and has been instrumental in nonprofits across Denver. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref name="CWHOF">{{cite web |title=Jean Jones |url=https://www.cogreatwomen.org/project/jean-jones/ |website=Colorado Women's Hall of Fame}}</ref>
==Biography== Jean Jones was born in Denver, Colorado. Her family has been in Colorado for five generations, and her ancestor James Correy came to CO with General Palmer. He was a lobbyist for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroads.<ref name="CWHOF" /> She is a nonprofit mainstay in Colorado. Jones was president of the Junior League of Denver from 1979-1980.<ref name="retirement" /> In 1982, she was appointed as executive director of the Girl Scouts Mile High Council in Denver, and remained in the position until she retired in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=People |publisher=Denver Post |date=July 10, 1982}}</ref><ref name="retirement">{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Joanne |title=Scouting out the best |publisher=Denver Post |date=October 8, 2007}}</ref> She started the Women of Distinction award program to connect Girl Scouts with local female leaders.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weinstein |first1=Dahlia Jean |title=Colorado salutes women's contributions to culture |publisher=Rocky Mountain News |date=March 27, 2006}}</ref> Jones served as the first woman president of the Denver Rotary Club in 1995, and afterwards was a trustee.<ref name="trust">{{cite web |last1=Moran |first1=John R. |title=A History of The Colorado Trust |url=https://www.coloradotrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A_History_of_The_Colorado_Trust_jan13a_web.pdf |website=Colorado Trust}}</ref><ref name="CWHOF" />▼ ▲Jones served as the first woman president of the Denver Rotary Club in 1995, and afterwards She was a trustee of the Colorado Trust from 1996 to 2002, and served as chairwoman of the board from 2000 to 2002.<ref name="trust" /> Line 37: member and past president of Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award Committee board member of the Samaritan Institute and Mountain States Employers Council ===Personal life=== Jones had been married to her husband Stewart for 42 years. They have two sons and four grandchildren. ==Recognition== Line 45: *2006 - inducted into CWHOF *2007 woman of distinction from Girl Scouts
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