Health Care 2024: DR. J. STEPHEN JONES

Jones has led Inova Health System since 2018. The Northern Virginia health system employs more than 24,000 people across its five hospitals and numerous other facilities, including the region’s only Level 1 trauma center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

A urological surgeon, Jones previously led Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals and Family Health Centers. After studying zoology as an undergraduate at the University of Arkansas, Jones stayed with the Razorbacks for med school. He also earned an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

Jones is chair of the board of the American Medical Group Association, a trade association, and sits on the boards of the Greater Washington Partnership and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

In June, Inova announced it had raised $83 million in the past year, surpassing the “Schar Challenge” issued by donors Dwight and Martha Schar when they made a $75 million matching gift to Inova in May 2023. Inova plans to start construction in late 2024 on a $612 million Springfield hospital and a new Alexandria hospital, part of the $1 billion, 1.1 million-square-foot Inova campus at the former Landmark Mall site. Both are expected to be completed in 2028.