Stephanie J. Jones (born in Youngstown, Ohio) is deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Transportation. She was sworn in by Secretary Anthony Foxx in January 2014.Jones was previously President of Stephanie Jones Strategies, LLC[1], a Washington, DC public affairs and strategic planning firm.Prior to starting her business, Jones was the Executive Director of the National Urban League Policy Institute and Editor-in-Chief of The State of Black America.[2]Jones is the creator and author of Sunday Morning Apartheid: A Diversity Study of the Sunday Morning Talk Shows. [3]