Lance E. Jones
CEO (Interim)

 

Lance Jones (He | Him) has spent his career collaborating with people, organizations, and governments around the globe to hone their voice, activate their constituencies, and realize their visions.

 

In the early-1900s, Pop-Pop, Lance’s Great-Grandfather, slipped a lynch mob and escaped the Deep South; almost a century later, Lance graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and went on to dedicate 2009 to 2013 working side-by-side with individuals fighting for the marginalized as a speechwriter, policy interpreter, and communications strategist on Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill.

 

After volunteering at the Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, Lance became the first Black man to run North American public relations and communications for a major motorcycle manufacturer; Lance innovated across four continents and through inclusivity, community, and activation.

 

In 2020, Lance left Triumph and volunteered full-time to GOTV in Fulton County (GA) and helped heal his community of College Park (Georgia) amidst the Racial Reckoning and the murder of Rayshard Brooks.

 

Thereafter, Lance served as the National Director of Marketing & Communications for Summer Search, a national organization offering mentoring, experiential learning, and real-world connections to more than 9,000 young people from challenged circumstances in five U.S. cities, including Seattle.

 

A resident of Whatcom County, Lance serves on the Board of Directors for Chuckanut Health Foundation (CHF); CHF’s most-recent engagement helped ensure that the Health Children’s Fund, a CHF-originated levy bringing in $100 million by 2032, will remain in place.

 

In the summer of 2024, the Bellingham City Council and Whatcom County Council unanimously appointed Lance to the Whatcom Racial Equity Commission (WREC); WREC envisions a Whatcom County where all races and peoples can live, thrive, and belong for who they are, as they are, without fear, every day.