LISC: Redeveloping and Recharging Struggling Communities
Jul 25, 2017
Maurice A. Jones
LISC: Redeveloping and Recharging Struggling Communities

Maurice A. Jones is president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), one of the nation’s leading nonprofits investing in struggling communities.  Formerly Virginia's Secretary of Commerce and Trade under Governor Terry McAuliffe, Jones also served as Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from April 2012 through January 2014.  As the second most senior official at HUD, Jones managed the Department's day-to-day operations, the annual operating budget, and the agency's 8,900 employees. Prior to HUD, Jones was President of Pilot Media and Publisher of The Virginian-Pilot. A Kenbridge, VA native, Jones also served as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services and Deputy Chief of Staff to then-Virginia Governor Mark Warner.  At the U.S. Treasury Department, Jones was Special Assistant to the General Counsel and he also served as Legal Counsel to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and as Director of the Fund during the Clinton Administration.  Jones also worked for the law firm of Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia and he was a Partner at Venture Philanthropy Partners, a firm that invests millions in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to assist low-income children. Jones received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hampden-Sydney College and attended Oxford University in England on a Rhodes scholarship, where he received a Master of Philosophy in International Relations.  He later received a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia.