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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 – January 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRon Sims
Succeeded byNani A. Coloretti
Personal details
BornMaurice Antonia Jones
(1964-09-14) September 14, 1964 (age 60)
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 former CEO of OneTen, a coalition of companies dedicated to creating one million jobs for African Americans by the end of the 2020s. Prior to OneTen, he was president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national community development financial institution. Previously, he served as the deputy secretary of HUD in the Obama administration, and then as Virginia Secretary of Commerce in the cabinet of Governor Terry McAuliffe.

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. 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.

In November 2020, Jones was named a candidate for United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden administration, but was not chosen.

References

  1. Brown, Jereon. "HUD Archives: MAURICE JONES SWORN IN AS Hud's DEPUTY SECRETARY". United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  2. OneTen. "OneTen Announces Maurice Jones as Chief Executive Officer". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  3. "LISC Leadership: Maurice A. Jones". www.lisc.org.
  4. Wilson, Patrick (June 16, 2016). "State Commerce Secretary Maurice Jones named CEO of non-profit LISC | Politics". Pilotonline.com. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  5. "The Devastating effects of financial illiteracy". Yahoo Finance. April 24, 2018.
  6. "Virginia Business Interviews Maurice Jones, Va Secretary of Commerce and Trade & Kenbridge native". Vagrowth.com. October 3, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  7. "Who Are Contenders for Biden's Cabinet?". The New York Times. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
Political offices
Preceded byRon Sims United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
2012–2014 		Succeeded byNani A. Coloretti
Cabinet of Governor Terry McAuliffe (2014–2018)
Cabinet
Secretary of the Commonwealth Terry McAuliffe, seventy-second Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Secretary of Administration
Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry
Secretary of Commerce and Trade
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Finance
Secretary of Health and Human Resources
Secretary of Natural Resources
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security
Secretary of Technology
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs
Cabinet-level
Chief of Staff
  • Paul Reagan (2014–2018)
Deputy Chief of Staff
  • Suzette Denslow (2014–2018)
Counsel to the Governor
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