As president of Jones Group International (JGI) General Jones provides clients with strategies for navigating business, international affairs, and public policy.

General Jones was appointed by President Barack Obama as national security advisor to the president. He came to the White House from serving as the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. General Jones also served in the George W. Bush administration as the State Department’s Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps after a distinguished forty-year career, serving as the 32nd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.

General Jones was nominated to serve as Commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe. He lived in France as a child, where he became fluent in French. General Jones graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He served as a rifle platoon and Company Commander in Vietnam, where he earned a Silver Star. On returning to the U.S., he attended the Amphibious Warfare School and the National War College. He served as Marine Corps Liaison Officer to the U.S. Senate; Commanding Officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Northern Iraq and Turkey on Operation Provide Comfort; Chief of Staff, Joint Task Force Provide Promise in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia; Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Forces Atlantic; and Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. Upon leaving the White House in 2010, General Jones founded JGI.