Ambassador Jean Bowers
Councillor Jean Bowers, the Lord Mayor of the City of Stoke-on-Trent 2009/10 and Ambassador to Farm2grow.
The Lord Mayor is the First Citizen of Stoke-on-Trent, and with this comes a high profile role in promoting and maintaining the interests of the city and its people.
Jean was first elected as a city councillor in 2000, after a career spanning over three decades in Stoke-on-Trent. Jean’s first taste of employment came in the pottery industry; she learnt the art of gold stamping gilt edging on all form of tableware. She went on to work in the industry for five years, before a change of career to study theology. She then swapped the text books for stethoscopes and thermometers as her career took in first nursing and then adult social care – a role that saw her become matron at a city run care home, where she says her love of the elderly blossomed.
Jean also held senior management roles at probation centres in Reading and Skelmersdale for a total of four years – the only time in her professional career she has been based outside Stoke-on-Trent. Before retiring, Jean was an education welfare officer, serving a number of schools in the city.
Her career path has served Jean well for her role on the council, where for the last 12 months she has sat on the authority’s Executive and Members Board as portfolio holder for adult social care, health and communities..
