Jeniece Jones

Jeniece Jones was appointed Executive Director of Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati in January 2006.

The mission of Community Shares is to build social and economic equity and a healthy environment in Cincinnati. As an Ohio attorney she has worked as a general practitioner and for the law firm of Lerner, Sampson and Rothfuss. In the mid-late 1990's she worked at Northern Kentucky University’s Women’s Center and the Student Affairs Department.

Jeniece is a graduate of West Virginia University with Bachelors of Science, and earned a Master's of Public Administration Northern Kentucky University. She earned a Juris Doctor of Law from Salmon P. Chase College of Law and is licensed to practice in Ohio.

Jeniece is a 2008 graduate of the Cincinnati Academy for Leadership for Lawyers and an active member of the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati (BLAC). She has completed a number of community projects for BLAC, including fundraising for scholarships, working toward election protection, mentoring African American law students and providing networking opportunities for African American attorneys. Recently, she was awarded the Carrier of the Torch Award by Chase College of Law's Black Law Student Association. Jeniece is also a graduate of the 2007 class of Leadership Northern Kentucky.