Thomas W. Jones

Founder, TWJ Capital LLC

(retired)

Thomas W. Jones is the founder and former senior partner of venture capital investment firm TWJ Capital LLC, from which he retired in January 2025. He previously was Chief Executive Officer of Global Investment Management at Citigroup from 1997 to 2005; Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer at TIAA-CREF from 1993 to 1997, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at TIAA-CREF from 1989 to 1993; and Senior Vice President and Treasurer and other positions at John Hancock Life Insurance Company from 1982 to 1989. He began his career in management consulting at Arthur Young & Company (predecessor firm to Ernst & Young) in 1973.

He is a member of the public company boards of directors of Assured Guaranty Ltd. and Jefferies Financial Group. He has served previously on the corporate boards of Altria Group, Freddie Mac, Travelers Group, TIAA-CREF, Fox Entertainment Group, Pepsi Bottling Group, Thomas & Betts Corp, Eastern Enterprises, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (former Vice Chairman). He has served on the nonprofit boards of trustees of Cornell University, Cornell University Medical College, Howard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Boston), PBS Channel Thirteen (New York), Brookings Institution, and Boston Ballet Company.

He was elected to his first term on The Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees in 2025.

Thomas received a BA and an MS from Cornell University and an MBA from Boston University. He has also been awarded honorary doctoral degrees by Howard University (Doctor of Humane Letters), Pepperdine University (Doctor of Laws), and the College of New Rochelle (Doctor of Commercial Science). He is a trustee emeritus of Cornell University, recipient of the Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award, and has been elected Presidential Councillor, Cornell University’s highest distinction. He is the author of From Willard Straight to Wall Street: A Memoir (2019), winner of the 2020 Axiom Business Book Award Bronze Prize in the memoir/biography category. Thomas is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA, Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and has been designated Board Governance Fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).