Draft:Daphne Jones

Daphne Jones (born March 1957 in Harvey, Illinois) is a Fortune 500 executive independent board member, entrepreneur, author, and public speaker.

Career
Jones began her career at IBM, working in various roles in sales and systems engineering. After working for 16 years at IBM she moved to Johnson & Johnson and worked in different information and technology roles from 1997 to 2006 where she then served as Chief Information Officer from 2006 to 2009. Jones then moved on to her next position in 2009 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Hospira (now Pfizer after acquisition in 2015).

In 2014, Jones directed the global team of GE HealthCare as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

Currently she works as a board member for Masonite International Corporation, AMN Healthcare, and Barnes Group.

She also serves as the CEO for The Board Curators, which she founded.

Recognitions
In 2016, she won the Caribbean Luminary Award from the American Foundation of the University of the West Indies. She was also named one of Illinois' Most Powerful and Influential Women by the National Diversity Council as well as Computerworld Premier 100 CIO.

Jones was named as one of most influential AA Directors in 2021 by Savoy Magazine.

She was also a nominee for the HMG Strategy's 2023 Global Leadership Institute Award.