May 4, 2019
Joseph T. Jones, Jr. is founder of the Center For Urban Families, a Baltimore nonprofit service organization established to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success.
Mr. Jones is a national leader in workforce development,
fatherhood and family services programming, and through his
professional and civic involvement influences policy direction
nationwide. Mr. Jones has received numerous awards and honors
including the Johns Hopkins University Leadership Development
Program’s Distinguished Leadership Award, the Walter Sondheim
Public Service Award, the White House Champion of Change and was a
2013 CNN Hero. He served on President Obama’s Taskforce on
Fatherhood and
Healthy Families and several boards including: the Open Society
Institute-Baltimore, the Baltimore Workforce Development Board, and
the National Fatherhood Leaders Group. He was a community advisor
on fatherhood issues to Vice President Al Gore and contributed to
First Lady Laura Bush’s Helping America’s Youth initiative.