| Jean Westwood | |
| Office: | Chair of the Democratic National Committee |
| Term Start: | July 14, 1972 |
| Term End: | December 9, 1972 |
| Predecessor: | Larry O'Brien |
| Successor: | Robert Strauss |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Price, Utah, U.S. |
| Death Place: | American Fork, Utah, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
Jean Miles Westwood (November 22, 1923 – August 18, 1997) was a political figure born in Price, Utah. Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern appointed Westwood as the first female chair of the Democratic National Committee on July 14, 1972. Between 1976 and 1988, Westwood worked for the presidential campaigns of Terry Sanford, Edward Kennedy, Gary Hart, and Bruce Babbitt.
Born Jean Miles, she married Richard E. Westwood in 1941. They started a mink farm together in 1951.
Westwood was one of McGovern's advisors who recommended dropping Thomas F. Eagleton from the ticket.[1]