Vernon Jones
| Vernon Jones | |
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Vernon Jones in 2007
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the SH 071 district |
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In office 1993–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Sidney Pope Jones, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Ron Sailor |
| Chief Executive Officer, DeKalb County, GA | |
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In office 2001–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Liane Levetan |
| Succeeded by | Burrell Ellis |
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October 31, 1960 Laurel Hill, Lincoln County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | B.A., Business Administration |
| Alma mater | North Carolina Central University |
Vernon Jones (born October 31, 1960) is an African-American Democratic politician from the US state of Georgia. Jones was chief executive officer of Dekalb County, Georgia, from 2001 until 2009, and in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. As Dekalb County CEO, Jones presided over the Board of Commissioners, oversaw a 7,000 employee county workforce, and managed a $2.6 billion county operating budget. He unsuccessfully ran for the US Senate in 2008. After unsuccessful runs for the US House of Representatives (2010) and DeKalb County Sheriff (2014), Jones was elected to the Georgia House in 2016.
Born in Laurel Hill, North Carolina, Jones grew up on a farm in rural North Carolina. His father was a veteran of World War II who worked in a mill; his mother and siblings worked on the family farm. Jones was the fifth of six children, with four brothers and a sister. He attended North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC and became a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity there, before graduating with a B.A. in business administration in 1983. Jones is a graduate of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government's Executive Program.
Jones began his career in the telecommunications industry, first working with MCI Communications (now MCI Inc.) 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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