Maurice Jones

Maurice Jones
President and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation
In office 2016–2020
Preceded by	Michael Rubinger
16th Virginia Secretary of Commerce
In office January 27, 2014 – September 6, 2016
Governor	Terry McAuliffe
Preceded by	Jim Cheng
Succeeded by	Todd Haymore
8th United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office April 18, 2012[1] – January 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Ron Sims
Succeeded by	Nani A. Coloretti
Personal details
Born	Maurice Antonia Jones (1964-09-14) September 14, 1964 (age 60) Mecklenburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Lisa Smith
Education	Hampden-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 [1], a coalition of companies dedicated to creating one million jobs for African Americans by the end of the 2020s.^[2] Prior to OneTen, 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 Virginia Secretary of Commerce in the cabinet of Governor Terry McAuliffe.^[4]

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, but was not chosen.^[7]