Milton Jones

Milton Jones is a founding member of Peachtree Providence Partners Holding Company, LLC. Peachtree Providence Partners is a holding company with full or partial ownership in companies across key business sectors including energy, financial products, healthcare, technology, manufacturing/distribution, and consulting. The Peachtree Providence Partners mission is to deliver strategic advice, unparalleled excellence, and balanced risk management while optimizing results.

Mr. Jones is the former Executive Chairman and a founding member of CertusBank, NA. In this role, he oversaw Board governance and provided input to strategic direction, capital formation, and investor interaction that helped grow the organization into a $1.9 billion company organically and through acquisitions.

Jones was also a 32-year veteran of Bank of America and its predecessor companies, where he held a number of senior executive roles. As former Georgia Market President, Mr. Jones was the ranking executive publicly to customers and communities for an institution with more than $12 billion in retail deposits, 155 branches, and 7,000 associates. Previously, Mr. Jones served as Global Finance Services Group and Supply Chain Management Executive; Global Quality and Productivity Executive, reporting directly to the CEO; President of the Mid-South Region (which had more than $15 billion in deposits and $10 billion in loans); Technology Infrastructure Executive; and President of Dealer Financial Services.

Mr. Jones is Chair of the Board of the United Negro College Fund; Chairman of The 100 Black Men of America, Inc.; Immediate Past Chair of the Board of The Atlanta Business League; Vice Chair (and former Chair) of the Board of Trustees of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.; and serves on the boards of the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He is also on the Advisory Board of Metro Atlanta YMCA, is a member of the Downtown Atlanta Rotary Club, and is a member and past Chairman of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta.

Mr. Jones is an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame (BBA–Accounting, ’74), Leadership Atlanta (’90), and Leadership Georgia (’92). He has received honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from Shaw University (2007), Allen University (2023), and Meharry Medical College (2025). Mr. Jones is a licensed Life and Health Insurance professional and a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Jones is married with an adult son and daughter and five grandchildren.