Vice President Operations, Houston Minority Supplier Development Council
Business is in her blood. For as long as she can remember, Constance Jones has had an affinity for business, and she’s dedicated her life to helping entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs build successful and thriving businesses.
Constance is living her passion every day as Vice President of Operations for the Houston Minority Supplier Development, where she serves as liaison between the Council and more than 600 minority business owners. On a national level, Constance has been a member of the Certification Task Force since its inception and was recently appointed as the Certification Team Lead for the West. It’s a job she takes seriously and one that allows her to play a pivotal role in building better businesses.
While her job keeps her plate full, Constance still makes it a point to continue her love of business after hours. She participates in several different organizations outside of HMSDC in order to promote minority businesses. She has volunteered with the Houston Minority Business Development Center, United States Small Business Administration, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Houston Area Urban League and TAMACC.
Constance also works as chair of the Economic Development Committee for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, where she has created a minority business directory and business exhibition that showcases two minority small businesses monthly. She has also partnered with NAACP to host a tax freedom program utilizing minority small businesses to do the computer networking, catering and facilitating.
The Houston native and mother of one believes in empowering others, so she works closely with North Harris Montgomery Community College, University of Houston and Houston Community College to offer practical educational courses for minority business owners. Constance has engaged in partnerships with Microsoft to facilitate the teaching and utilization of their products within the minority business community.
Constance earned a B. S. in Business Administration and a B. A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California.
Her hard work has not gone unrecognized. She recently received the YMCA Young Minority Achiever Award and was nominated by Ruby Reynolds of GHG Corporation, who stated Constance has been a jewel to the minority business community and to major corporations with suppler diversity efforts. She is a recent graduate of the America’s Leader for Change program and a proud recipient of the SBA’s Houston District Minority Small Business Champion of the Year Award. Because of this designation, Constance was honored with a proclamation from the Texas Senate.
Constance Y. Jones
Vice President Operations
Houston Minority Supplier Development Council
Three Riverway | Suite 555
Houston, TX 77056
(713) 271-7805
Fax: (281) 624-4904
constance.jones@hmsdc.org
www.hmsdc.org
