Kenneth Jones

Kenneth Jones is the senior vice president and chief operating officer of the MacArthur Foundation. He is responsible for all aspects of the finance, accounting, tax, audit, information technology, grants management, administrative services, core services, and facilities functions for the Foundation. He also serves as the Chief Equity Officer for the Foundation. Ken joined Candid’s board in 2021.

Prior to joining the MacArthur Foundation, Ken was the vice president and chief financial officer for the Annie E. Casey Foundation. He traveled extensively in Africa and Southeast Asia as CFO for Danya International, a public health and education organization and Jhpiego, a nonprofit international health affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. Ken previously held corporate finance positions at Ford Motor Company, Pfizer Corporation, and Prudential.

Ken received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a master’s degree in economics from the University at Buffalo and a bachelor’s degree from Boston University.

Ken serves on the boards of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, the Mission Investors Exchange, the Joint Center, the Thurgood Marshall Academy, the Southern Education Foundation, the Center for Urban Families, and Corus. He is a Who’s Who Black Baltimore recipient, Arthur Vining Davis Fellow for the Aspen Ideas Festival, Presidential Scholar at Concordia College – New York, Smart CEO Magazine Executive Management Award recipient as well as a DCA Live Star CFO awardee. Ken was in the 2nd Cohort of the Council on Foundations’ Career Pathways Program, 2021 ABFE James Joseph Lecturer and a 2022 Daniel Burnham Fellow (Chicago Leadership).