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Jerry Jones

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Managing Director at RWJF
📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Jerry Jones is the Managing Director for Transforming Health and Healthcare at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A graduate of The University of Kansas, his expertise lies in health equity and addressing social determinants of health through collaboration. Colleagues describe him as passionate, driven, and an outstanding leader.

Jerrys commitment to community well-being is a core part of his identity, extending beyond his professional life. His career reflects a deep-seated passion for ensuring vulnerable populations have access to quality healthcare, decent housing, and affordable, quality food, especially for people of color.

He was a key leader in successfully persuading the Missouri General Assembly to allocate nearly $12 million in new funding to enroll uninsured individuals in healthcare programs.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Personality Overview

How Jerry shows up

Values Relationships
Assertive
Persuasive

They will fight for you if they come to believe in you. They prefer to ensure that they are in control of the situation. They are not against taking risks and can make tough decisions when required.


Priorities

Topics Jerry cares about

Health Equity
The central theme of his career, focused on creating a fair and just opportunity for health and wellbeing for everyone in the United States.
Social Determinants of Health
He focuses on designing improved experiences for payers, patients, and providers to address social factors that create health inequities in communities.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Managing Director
RWJF
1-2025
Managing Director
Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
3-2023 - 1-2025
VP of Innovative Partnerships for Health Equity
Feeding America
9-2021 - 3-2023
Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - Health Programs
Movember
3-2019 - 2-2021
Director of Community Health
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1990 - 1993
Bachelor of Arts
The University of Kansas
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DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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