DAQUETTA P. JONES

Vera House recently named DAQUETTA P. JONES as its next CEO, following a nationwide search. She will be relocating to Central New York and will start full time in September, managing overall strategic and operational responsibilities for Vera House staff, programs, and finances, as well as executing its longstanding mission of preventing, responding, and partnering to end domestic and sexual violence and other forms of abuse. Jones, who hails from Troy, N.Y., has extensive experience in nonprofit and human-services leadership. Most recently she served as director of equity and inclusion initiatives at the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region. In a career spanning more than 20 years, Jones has also previously served as co-director consultant for the University at Albany’s Institute of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development, deputy commissioner of administration for New York State Department of Civil Service, executive director of YWCA of the Greater Capital Region, domestic violence counselor for Unity House of Troy, HIV services operations manager at Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Services, assistant director of community based services at the Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, and program director for Equinox, Inc.’s House for Youth Shelter. Jones has also served as a consultant, providing advisory services to nonprofit executive leaders and boards.