Jane Watson Stetson is the National Finance Chair for the Democratic National Committee

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, the organization which governs the Democratic Party

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 of the United States

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. She has also held positions for U.S. Representative

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 Peter Welch of Vermont

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, Vermont Governor

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 Howard Dean

Howard Dean

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, and President

President of the United States

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 Barack Obama

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.

Family

Jane Stetson is the granddaughter of Thomas J. Watson

Thomas J. Watson

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, the founder of IBM

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, and the daughter of Arthur K. Watson

Arthur K. Watson

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 (chairman and President of IBM World Trade Corporation and former United States Ambassador to France

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). Stetson is originally a native of the New York

New York

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 area, but now works and resides in Norwich, Vermont

Norwich, Vermont

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 and Washington, D.C.

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 with her husband, Bill

Bill Stetson

Bill Stetson is an American businessman, film producer and environmental policy advisor to numerous entrepreneurial, not-for-profit and political organizations.- Family :...

, and three daughters: Nancy, Katharine and Grace.

Philanthropy

Stetson is a member of the Board of Overseers for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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 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 Vershire, Vermont

Vershire, Vermont

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 and Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire

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