Maurice Jones

For other people named Maurice Jones, see Maurice Jones (disambiguation).

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.^[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]

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

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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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]