Meet Patricia Jones

Jones was tapped as CEO because of her background and expertise in the business and political worlds as well as her ability to engage, collaborate and lead.

As co-founder and former President of Dan Jones & Associates, a successful public opinion and market research firm for 35 years, Jones helped lead and manage the company while serving on numerous community and company boards. Jones is an experienced and highly-regarded researcher, specializing in qualitative research, having conducted hundreds of focus groups throughout the country for a variety of industries since 1980.

Senator Jones served in the Utah Legislature for 14 years, serving in leadership positions 12 of those years. She was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 2000-2006 and was elected to the Utah Senate in 2006-2014, serving eight years there, including serving as the first female leader in either party and in either House. While in the Utah Legislature, Jones was a member of various committees, including Public Education, Higher Education, Health and Human Services, Judiciary, Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Government Operations and Executive Appropriations.

Jones graduated magna cum laude from the University of Utah in Communications.  She currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Utah Tech University,  Zions Bank Advisory Board, Garff Foundation Success in Education Board, Salt Lake Chamber Board of Governors, Intermountain Healthcare Community Care Foundation, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education and received an honorary doctorate from Salt Lake Community College in 2024.

Pat Jones’ interests are many, but she prefers to move rather than sit. She enjoys exercising, biking, pickleball, tennis, watching sports (especially basketball and football), reading, politics, cooking, traveling, playing drums, and having fun with her children and grandchildren. Her least favorite thing to do is to wait in long lines.