Milton H. Jones, Jr.
Peachtree Providence Partners
Chair of the Board
Milton H. Jones, Jr., is Chair of UNCF’s Board of Directors and founding member of Peachtree Providence Partners Holding Company, LLC., in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to his election as UNCF Board Chair on March 11, 2021, Jones served as vice chair of the board and chair of the Finance Committee. He has been a member of UNCF’s Board of Directors since 2005. UNCF is one of the nation’s largest and most effective supporters of higher education and serves as a leading advocate for college-bound students. Since its founding in 1944, UNCF has raised more than $6 billion to support more than 600,000 students’ access to higher education, provide scholarships and strengthen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) including UNCF’s 37 member institutions.
Under Mr. Jones’s leadership, board members have achieved 100% participation in gifting funds to support UNCF’s mission, and he has significantly grown corporate representation on the board.
In addition to his role as UNCF Board Chair, Mr. Jones is a founding member of Peachtree Providence Partners Holding Company, LLC. In this role, he advises and collaborates with client board chairs, CEO’s and executives in key sectors that include financial services, healthcare, technology, government and higher education. For more than 32 years while at Bank of America, he held a series of senior executive positions with global responsibilities including roles reporting directly to the chairman and CEO.
Mr. Jones is vice chairman of the Meharry Medical College Board of Trustees; board chairman of 100 Black Men of America, Inc.; and co-chair of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Metro Atlanta YMCA, Boy Scouts and the Commerce Club. He is a member of the Downtown Atlanta Rotary Club and is a member and past chairman of The Atlanta Business League and of 100 Black Men of Atlanta.
Mr. Jones is an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame (BBA-Accounting ’74) Leadership Atlanta (’90) and Leadership Georgia (’92). He has received degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa from Shaw University in 2007 and Allen University in 2023. Mr. Jones is a licensed Life and Health Insurance professional and a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Mr. Jones is married with an adult son and daughter and five grandchildren.