About Jean McB. Greene

Jean Greene has had a lifelong interest in conservation of land and wildlife. Presently, she is on the Executive Committee of the Board of Lake Forest Open Lands, where she is chair of the Land Management Committee. Mrs. Greene is also on the Board of the Lake Forest Country Day School, a member of the Sculpture Garden Committee of the Lincoln Park Zoo, served as a member of the Board of the Population Institute in Washington, D.C., and as a Trustee of the Lake Forest Improvement Trust.

Jeanie and her German Shepherd therapy dog make weekly visits to her local hospital. Mrs. Greene is also an artist, specializing in bronze sculptures and oil paintings. Jeanie is a graduate of Vassar College who first worked as a stewardess for Pan Am, flying primarily to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Later she worked in the White House, composing letters for Mamie Eisenhower, before marrying and moving to Europe with her husband, John. The Greenes live in Lake Forest, Illinois, and have three grown children and five grandchildren.