About Dallas Jones

Dallas S. Jones is an entrepreneur, political commentator, and community activist. He currently serves as President and CEO of ELITE Change, Inc. and Managing Principal of Jones Group International, LLC.

Since 2006, ELITE Change has grown to be a nationally/internationally recognized firm in the areas of Public Affairs, Strategic Communications and Business Development. The organization boasts clients on the international, national, state and local levels with offices in Houston, Washington D.C., Dallas, Jackson, and Baton Rouge. In 2014, ELITE Change, Inc. was recognized with the prestigious Pinnacle Award from the Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce.

After over ten years of working politically on the local, state, and federal levels of public policy and on campaigns, in 2016 Mr. Jones embarked on a journey to form Jones Group International, LLC. (JGI), focused on bringing transformational change to populations across our globe. With a focus on governance, transportation, technology, and infrastructure, JGI is unique in its ability to recognize the importance of addressing fundamental social and economic development problems in some of the most vulnerable populations across our world.

Prior to forming ELITE Change, Mr. Jones worked on every level of government including Special Assistant to U. S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and for Texas State Representative Garnet Coleman as a policy analyst and later District Director. He also served as District Director for Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis.

After leaving the public sector, Mr. Jones joined the National Staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) where he served as a Regional Youth Field Director for the Southwestern Region covering the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Mr. Jones later served as National Youth Outreach Director for the NAACP National Voter Fund, focusing on increasing the registration and turn out of African Americans throughout the United States during the 2008 Presidential Election. In the corporate sector, he was named Deputy Director of Public Affairs for AT&T where he was responsible for the public affairs efforts for the company throughout a twelve-state western region.

Mr. Jones has been the recipient of numerous awards. The NAACP, at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Summit, named Mr. Jones as one of the 40 power leaders under 40 in the country. Houston Business Journal named Mr. Jones as one of the 40 young business leaders under 40 in Houston, TX. Mr. Jones, an alumnus of Sam Houston State University, has traveled the country as a national speaker and trainer. Mr. Jones is also a well-known commentator on television and radio; he is a political analyst for Fox 26 Houston and is the Co-Host of Red, White, and Blue on Houston Public Media (PBS). His works have been published in a number of publications across the country including the New York Times, Ebony, Essence, and a host of others. Mr. Jones was recently noted globally for his work with the Harris County Democratic Party, where he created a campaign around 19 African American women running for judicial seats which highlighted a now famed picture, that election flipped the largest county in Texas from Republican to Democrat-controlled for the first time in over 3 decades.

Jones is very active in the community where he serves as First Vice President of the Houston NAACP, Vice-Chair of the Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority, and is a Commissioner of the Houston Land Assemblage and Redevelopment Authority. He is a member of the American Association of Political Consultants, Malachi Masonic Lodge #6 AF&AM, The 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He is a graduate of Leadership Houston Class XXX and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Global Emerging Leaders Program. He resides in Houston, TX with his wife Dr. Angela Jones and daughter Zoë.