David A. Jones Jr. was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Humana Inc. on April 26 2005. He had previously served for nine years as the board's vice chairman.
Mr. Jones is chairman and managing director of Chrysalis Ventures LLC a Louisville-based venture capital firm which he founded in 1993. Chrysalis Ventures provides equity capital for young growth companies in the Southeast and Midwest.
Mr. Jones is immediate past chairman of the Greater Louisville Health Enterprises Network a business consortium designed to promote the growth of the healthcare economy in Louisville and the surrounding region. He also serves on the advisory committee of the Brookings Center on Health Policy on the board of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and on the Yale President's Council on International Activities.
Before forming Chrysalis Ventures Mr. Jones practiced corporate and international law. He served in the U.S. Department of State's general counsel's office from 1988 to 1992 working principally on political and economic issues involving East Asia.
A magna cum laude graduate of Yale University Mr. Jones earned a J.D. degree from the Yale University School of Law. He has been a Humana board member since 1993. |