Jones joins MSE from Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX), where he served in multiple leadership roles, including Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer. In those roles, Jones led the company’s global communications, partner (employee) communications and social media platforms, corporate and investor communications, brand-product communications and experiences, Starbucks Entertainment, global government affairs, Social Impact, and Starbucks Foundation teams worldwide. He also played a pivotal role in Starbucks’ global growth by fostering public-private partnerships to spearhead economic development. Additionally, Jones served as lead executive for the company’s Board of Directors Environmental, Partner, and Community Impact Committee, was an executive sponsor of the Armed Forces Partner Network, and was a governing member of the Global Brand Council.
Jones has worked internationally in Hong Kong, South Africa, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, and Switzerland. Before his tenure at Starbucks, Jones held senior executive roles in Fortune 500 companies, top-ranked agencies, and leading philanthropic and governmental intuitions. He is actively involved in the Washington Economic Club, Executive Leadership Council, World Fifty Group, and is an Executive Member of the Forbes Communications Council and Fast Company Executive Board member.
