Early Life and Business Career
Born in Laurel Hill, North Carolina to a WWII veteran, Jones grew up on a farm in rural North Carolina before attending North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC, earning a B.A. in business administration in 1983.Jones is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Jones later graduated from Harvard's two-week John F. Kennedy School of Government's Executive Program.
Jones began his career in the telecommunications industry, first working with WorldCom and later BellSouth Corporation. At BellSouth, he was part of a team that established wireless communications in Montevideo, Uruguay. Jones served on the DeKalb Board of Health, the Atlanta Regional Commission, the DeKalb Library Board, the DeKalb Pension Board, and the Board of Visitors for Emory University and North Carolina Central University.
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