Mr. Jones has served as University of Illinois Hospitals & Clinics’ COO since May 2025. He first joined the system in October 2019 as chief ambulatory operations officer, then added the interim COO role in August 2023. Previously, he spent 11 years at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America and 12 years at Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health. Mr. Jones is passionate about driving results through authentic leadership and relationship driven engagement of physicians, employees and market communities. He has a track record of successful leadership in both a large, complex nonprofit teaching hospital and health system and in a private for-profit specialty hospital system.
