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 in key business sectors that include energy, financial products, health care, technology, manufacturing/distribution, and consulting. The Peachtree Providence Partners mission is to deliver strategic advice, unparalleled excellence, and balanced risk management while optimizing results.

Jones is the former executive chair and a founding member of CertusBank, NA. In this role, he oversaw board governance and provided input to the 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, 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, Jones was the executive of the global finance services group and supply chain management; executive of the global quality and productivity, reporting directly to the CEO; president of the mid-south region, which had more than $15 billion in deposits and $10 billion in loans; and executive of technology infrastructure and president of dealer financial services.

Jones is chair of the board of the United Negro College Fund, 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, Tennessee, and treasurer and board member of the 100 Black Men of America. He also serves on the boards of the YMCA of Metro Atlanta and the Commerce Club. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and a member and past chair of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta.

Jones is also an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame (bachelor of business administration in accounting in 1974), Leadership Atlanta (1990), and Leadership Georgia (1992). In 2007, he received the degree of doctor of humane letters, honoris causa, from Shaw University. 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 four grandchildren.