{{Short description|Canadian communications executive}} {{Infobox person | name = Jennifer E. Jones | image = Declaracion de Visitante Ilustre a Jennifer Jones - dsc4922 (cropped).jpg | known_for = First woman to be elected President of Rotary International }}
'''Jennifer E. Jones''' (born 1967) is a Canadian communications executive. She was president of Rotary International for 2022–23, the first woman to be selected in the 117-year history of the organization.<ref name="Kotsis">{{cite news |last1=Kotsis |first1=Julie |title=Historic move: Businesswoman Jones nominated for president of Rotary International |url=https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/jones-nominated-for-president-of-rotary-international |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=Windsor Star |date=10 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Campbell">{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Chris |title=Local woman makes history with Rotary International nomination |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/local-woman-makes-history-with-rotary-international-nomination/ |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=CTV News |date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
== Life == Jones first experienced a Rotary meeting when only men were allowed to join. She was working as a reporter in the 1980s and she would attend meetings as a guest so that she could report on them. It took a High Court ruling for Rotary to accept women members and she joined in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iyer |first=Sahana |date=2022-07-27 |title=A new reign in Rotary |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2022/Jul/27/a-new-reign-in-rotary-2481326.html |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
Jones had previously served as Rotary International vice president, director, training leader, committee chair, moderator and district governor. She said one of her goals as Rotary International president is to have double-digit growth in the number of female Rotarians and Rotarians under the age of 40.<ref name="Hyland">{{cite web |last1=Hyland |first1=Ryan |title=Jennifer E. Jones makes history, becomes first woman named Rotary president-nominee |url=https://www.rotary.org/en/jennifer-e-jones-makes-history-becomes-first-woman-named-rotary-president-nominee |website=rotary.org |publisher=Rotary International |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>
Jones also said she is extremely proud of the work Rotary has done in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing $29.7 million to help local clubs respond.<ref name="Herzfeld">{{cite news |last1=Herzfeld |first1=Stephanie |title=Jennifer Jones makes history, becomes first woman named Rotary president-nominee |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20201001/jennifer-jones-makes-history-becomes-first-woman-named-rotary-president-nominee |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=Daily Herald |date=2 October 2020}}</ref>
Jones is the founder and president of Media Street Productions in Windsor, Ontario. She expects to leave daily operations of that company in the hands of Media Street CEO Kelly Blais while she and her husband, Nick Krayacich, live near the Rotary International headquarters in Evanston, Illinois.<ref name="Kotsis" />
Jones is a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland.<ref name="Kotsis" />
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