Jean is a signature member of the American, National, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Western Colorado (Master),  Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Baltimore (WME Watermedia Master Elite), and Philadelphia Watercolor Societies.  In 2022, she was inducted into the Sylvan Grouse Guild in recognition of awards won in PWS international exhibitions.  In 2019, she  received the Crest Medal Award from PWCS for consistent excellence in their international shows.  Her paintings are included in numerous national and international publications. In the National Watercolor Society’s 79th Annual Exhibition, her work won the Watercolor West Award and was selected for the NWS Travel Show Exhibition 2000. Her watercolors have been accepted into over 150 juried shows including five NWS Internationals and ten AWS International Exhibitions. In 2004, she received the AWS Mario Cooper and Dale Meyers Medal, and her work toured in the AWS Annual Traveling Exhibitions, 2004 - 05 and 2021- 22.  In 2006, she was recognized in the 20th anniversary issue of Watercolor as one of 20 emerging artists. In 2008, she received the “Phil Dike Award” in the NWS All Member Show, and her students nominated her for the Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts. In 2010, she was one of 20 Americans included in the Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition in China. In 2018, she returned to China where her work was included in the Missouri Watercolor Society's international show at the Qingdao Laotian Museum, with additional work shown, by invitation, in Shoxi and Taicang. Jean has served on the Board of the Virginia Watercolor Society, as an officer of Potomac Valley Watercolorists, and as a chapter president and coordinating council chair of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Honor Society of Professional Women Educators.