Cammie Jones, who is originally from Dallas, TX, has spent over 16 years in higher education and nonprofit leadership, continually paving the way for social justice and civic engagement. She is a first-generation college student with a B.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Louisiana State University A&M.

Cammie is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Partners for Campus-Community Engagement where she oversees several dynamic initiatives and programs that enhance the civic capacity of nonprofit and higher education institutions in Pennsylvania and New York. Additionally, she is the CEO and Founder of J. Jones Consulting, LLC. where she works alongside non profits and higher ed institutions on civic engagement initiatives and strategic planning. She also serves as the Bard Center for Civic Engagement and Open Society University Network (OSUN) Senior Fellow. During her time at Bard, Cammie worked as an Assistant and Associate Dean of Experiential Learning and Civic Engagement, where she oversaw experiential learning and campus/community relationships and assisted on the Carnegie Classification team, which obtained classification in 2020. Furthermore she has served in high level executive roles at Dutchess Community College, Marist College and Grace Smith House, Inc.

She currently serves as an adjunct professor at Bard College/ OSUN, where she teaches civic engagement classes. Women and Leadership, Women and COVID 19: Activism, Leadership, and Global Engagement, and Women and the Pandemic have all been offered. She has also organized a number of international and domestic conferences on civic engagement, youth leadership development, and the future of women's rights.

Cammie has devoted her life to service and leadership, sitting on various boards and committees for local NGOs and collecting multiple awards for her contributions to higher education and community engagement. She was recently appointed to the board of directors of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IASRSLCE) and is the Civic Engagement Chair of the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus. She also serves on the Sister to Sister International, Inc. advisory board. Cammie has garnered multiple honors for her civic engagement and community development leadership. She was named to the Chamber Foundation Inc.'s 2021 ATHENA Award, as well as the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce's 2012 Forty Under 40 Class. Other honors include the N4A 2014 Professional Promise Award for Region 1, the AWCC 2017 Forty Under 40 Class, and the Arc of Dutchess 2017 Peggy Martinko Community Trailblazer Award.

Cammie Jones

Director of Strategic Initiatives/Senior Fellow
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement