Maurice Jones

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For other people named Maurice Jones, see Maurice Jones (disambiguation).
Maurice Jones
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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(s) Lisa Smith
Education Hampden-Sydney College (BA)
St. John's College, Oxford (MPhil)
University of Virginia (JD)
Signature Maurice Jones's signature

Maurice Antonia Jones (born September 14, 1964) is the CEO of OneTen[1], 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]

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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]

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Political offices
Preceded by United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
2012–2014		 Succeeded by
Nani A. Coloretti
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