Maurice Jones
President and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation
In office
2016–2020
Preceded byMichael Rubinger
16th Virginia Secretary of Commerce
In office
January 27, 2014 – September 6, 2016
GovernorTerry McAuliffe
Preceded byJim Cheng
Succeeded byTodd Haymore
8th United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office
April 18, 2012[1] – January 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRon Sims
Succeeded byNani A. Coloretti
Personal details
Born
Maurice Antonia Jones

(1964-09-14) September 14, 1964
Mecklenburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLisa Smith
EducationHampden-Sydney College (BA)
St. John's College, Oxford (MPhil)
University of Virginia (JD)
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Maurice Antonia Jones (born September 14, 1964) is the CEO of OneTen , a coalition of companies dedicated to creating one million jobs for African Americans by the end of the 2020s.[2] Previously, he was president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national community development financial institution.[3] Previously, he served as the Deputy Secretary of HUD in the Obama administration, and then as the Virginia Secretary of Commerce in the cabinet of Governor Terry McAuliffe.[4]

Maurice A. Jones (c) with Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey and Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation.

Jones was born in rural Mecklenburg County and grew up on his grandparents' tobacco farm near the town of Kenbridge.[5] He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Hampden–Sydney College, where he graduated Omicron Delta Kappa, before attending St. John's College, Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship and the University of Virginia School of Law.[6]

In November 2020, Jones was named a candidate for United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden administration.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Jereon. "HUD Archives: MAURICE JONES SWORN IN AS Hud's DEPUTY SECRETARY". United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. ↑ OneTen. "OneTen Announces Maurice Jones as Chief Executive Officer". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  3. ↑ "LISC Leadership: Maurice A. Jones". www.lisc.org.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Patrick (2016-06-16). "State Commerce Secretary Maurice Jones named CEO of non-profit LISC | Politics". Pilotonline.com. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  5. ↑ "The Devastating effects of financial illiteracy". Yahoo Finance. 2018-04-24.
  6. ↑ "Virginia Business Interviews Maurice Jones, Va Secretary of Commerce and Trade & Kenbridge native". Vagrowth.com. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  7. ↑ "Who Are Contenders for Biden's Cabinet?". The New York Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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