John Creighton and Johnita Mickey Creighton

Rio de Janeiro 2008

John and Joni Creighton were married on August 19, 1989 in St. John’s Catholic Church in rural Rawlins County.  In twenty years of marriage, they have lived in Boston, Massachusetts; Falls Church, Virginia; Bethesda and Rockville, Maryland, and Boulder, Colorado.  They have called Longmont, Colorado home since 2001.  Both John (1983) and Joni (1986) are graduates of Atwood High School.

John is the son of Robert and Barbara (Wilson) Creighton.  He was born in Atwood on October 11, 1964.  He followed the family tradition (fifth generation) attending the University of Kansas where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with degrees in economics and business administration in 1987.  He received a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in 1990.

John worked on Governor Mike Hayden’s campaign staff in 1986 and 1990.  For the past 20 years, John has worked as a public leadership consultant with a focus on public opinion research.  He worked for The Harwood Institute for Public Innovations from 1991-1999.  John founded his own consulting firm in 1999.  Most recently, John agreed to write for the community section of the online edition of a major national newspaper.

John is active in Longmont, too.  He was elected to the St. Vrain Valley School District board of education in 2007, the same year he succeeded his father as president of the High Plains Bank Holding Company.

Joni is the daughter of John and Betty (Rooney) Mickey.  She was born in Atwood on May 20, 1968.  She was a member of the Atwood High School state cross country championship team in 1986.

Joni attended Kansas State University and graduated with a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Maryland in 1994.  She worked in the emergency room of Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, as a floor nurse at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland and as a research nurse in Boulder, Colorado.

John and Joni have three children, Emma Cloe born on May 26, 1997; Joseph Paul born on August 7, 1999; and Ada Grace born on December 18, 2001.  All three children were born in Boulder, Colorado.  Emma, Joe and Ada Grace hold the distinction of having two grandparents serve as Mayor of Atwood – Bob Creighton, 1983-1991 and Betty Mickey, 1999-present (Betty is the first woman and longest serving Mayor in Atwood history).  The children enjoy visiting Atwood where they take swimming lessons most summers.

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