Love D. Jones Senior Vice President of Development, Public Affairs, and Publications
Love Jones served Youth For Tomorrow as a volunteer for seven years prior to joining the YFT staff serving as the Director of Special Events in 2007. In 2014, as Vice President of Community Relations and Special Events and is now currently Vice President for Development and Public Relations.
She provides integral leadership in formulating an Annual Strategic Development plan, manages and executes each of the four annual fundraising special events and creates an Annual Giving program which, collectively, generates over $5M each year – excluding Capital Campaign funding. She orchestrates all of YFT’s Community Outreach activities, especially during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays when YFT provides food and gifts to hundreds of needy families in the community.
Love also directs, edits and publishes the YFT Quarterly Newsletter and its Annual Report. She received the Making A Difference award in 2014 and the Commitment to Community Award in 2017 from the highly respected Virginia Association of Independent Specialized Education Facilities for her work affecting the lives of the thousands of children receiving life-saving services from YFT.