Jenny Wilson | |
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County Councilwoman At Large and Salt Lake City Mayoral Candidate | |
Personal details | |
Born | November 1, 1965 Salt Lake City |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Residence | Salt Lake City, UT |
Website | 2007 archive of campaign site |
Jenny Wilson (born November 1, 1965) is a member of the Salt Lake County Council. In September 2006, Wilson announced her candidacy for the 2007 race for Salt Lake City Mayor.[1] In the September 2007 primary she did not receive the Democratic nomination.
Council member Wilson was elected to the Council in 2004 after vowing to enact stronger ethics laws and bring about needed reform to Salt Lake County.
Wilson's father, Ted Wilson, was the Administrative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Wayne Owens (D-UT), and in 1976 was elected Mayor of Salt Lake City, serving until 1985.[2] Wilson graduated from East High School in 1983.
Wilson received a degree in Mass Communication from the University of Utah in 1988. Throughout college, Wilson worked for the Sundance Institute as an office assistant, where she helped with the first Sundance Film Festival. After ten years in the workforce, Wilson entered a mid-career program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and received her Masters in Public Administration in 1998.
After working as the press secretary on her father's 1988 Governor's race, Wilson worked for the National Association of Counties, the National Cable Television Association and on Capitol Hill for Congressman Les AuCoin of Oregon. She returned to her college employer, the Sundance organization from 1990-1992. She returned to the Oregon U.S. Senate campaign of her former employer, Congressman Les AuCoin. Following that campaign, she returned to Washington D.C. where she was hired by Congressman Bill Orton from Utah. She later became his Chief of Staff and served in that capacity until he left Congress in 1996.
Wilson joined the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in 1999. She served as a Director of Volunteers where her specific duties included retention, communication and special events.
Following the completion of her work for the Olympic Organizing Committee, Wilson joined the staff of "Cover The Uninsured Week," a national campaign to draw attention to the large number of Americans who go without health insurance.[3] She was later hired by "Voices for Utah Children" to direct the "Covering Kids," campaign, dedicated to decreasing the number of Utah children who go without health coverage.