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EMANUEL D. JONES
PRESIDENT/OWNER: LEGACY FORD OF McDONOUGH
LEGACY TOYOTA OF UNION CITY
LEGENDARY FORD-MERCURY (MARION, NC)
ANSA AUTOMOTIVE (MACON, GA AND LOS ANGELES, CA)
SENATOR: GEORGIA STATE SENATE DISTRICT 10
(ATLANTA, DEKALB and HENRY COUNTY)
 THE
RECORD: SEN. JONES OWNS THE ATLANTA AREA'S THIRD LARGEST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESS. MR. JONES RECEIVED HIS
MBA IN FINANCE/ACCOUNTING FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
IN 1986, PRECEEDED BY A BS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1981. MR. JONES
WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE U.S. ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN 1980 AND ROSE TO THE RANK OF
CAPTAIN. SEN. JONES GRADUATED CLASS VALEDICTORIAN FROM
WEST FULTON HIGH SCHOOL IN ATLANTA, GA IN 1977. SEN. JONES
HAD CAREER POSITIONS WITH IBM (81-84) AND ARTHUR ANDERSON
& CO. (86-88), PRIOR TO ENTERING THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS
IN 1988. IN NOVEMBER OF 2004, EMANUEL WAS ELECTED TO
THE GEORGIA STATE SENATE REPRESENTING DISTRICT 10 (DEKALB
AND HENRY COUNTIES). HE TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2005 AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 2006.
AUTOMOTIVE CAREER:
• FORD MOTOR CO.
DEALER DEVELOPMENT, 1990
• FOUNDED LEGACY FORD OF McDONOUGH, 1992
• FOUNDED LEGACY TOYOTA OF UNION CITY,
1998
• FOUNDED LEGENDARY FORD-MERCURY OF
MARION, NC, 1998
• FOUNDED ANSA
AUTOMOTIVE, 2002
THE COMMUNITY:
• SENATOR , ELECTED 2004 AND RE-ELECTED 2006
• WHO'S WHO IN BLACK ATLANTA, 50 MOST
INFLUENTIAL (2000-2004)
• TRUSTEE HENRY MEDICAL CENTER (2000-2004)
• FINANCE CHAIRMAN - HENRY MEDICAL CENTER
(2001-2004)
• CHAIRMAN - HENRY
COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (2000)
• CHAIRMAN - HENRY
COUNTY YMCA (2004- PRESENT)
• CHAIRMAN - HENRY
COUNTY'S UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN
• BOARD MEMBER
- JAMES BRISTOR SOCIETY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
(NUMEROUS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOLS) AWARDS:
• BUSINESS MAN
OF THE YEAR 2005, CONCERNED BLACK CLERGY OF ATLANTA
• U.S. SEPT. OF
COMMERCE, 2003 MED WEEK SPEAKER
• METRO ATLANTA
YMCA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, 2003
• FORD MOTOR MINORITY
DEALER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARD, 2003
• HENRY COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS
OF THE YEAR, 2002
• BLACK ENTERPRISE
TOP 100 MINORITY OWNED COMPANYS, 2000-2004
• GEORGIA TREND
TOP 40 UNDER 40 "RISING STARS", 1999
• GOVERNOR'S PROCLAIMATION
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR, 1997
 •
U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE MINORITY SERVICE FIRM
OF THE YEAR, 1996
FAMILY: SEN. JONES WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA WITH HIS WIFE
GLORIA, SONS EMANUEL II, ELAM AND DAUGHTER EMANI. MR.
JONES IS A MEMBER OF THE SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH IN MCDONOUGH,
GA.
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