District 25 | South Carolina
A leader for Greenville
Why Wendell
Wendell K Jones
has been preparing himself all of his life through spiritual grounding in Christ, entrepreneurial endeavors and leadership development to serve
District 25
effectively in the House of Representatives.
- The father of three wonderful young adults: Aaliyah, Wendell and Benjamin
- Founder and Senior Pastor of Changing Your Mind Ministries
- Founder of The Wendell Jones Leadership Institute which trains and mentors minority business owners for the Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston Chambers of Commerce, and business coaching for corporations.
- Founder of CYM Leadership Academy providing after school and summer enrichment programs for the community
- Founder of Upstate Bible Institute created to train ministers and teachers of adult Christian curriculum
- Former owner of Nationwide Insurance offices in Spartanburg and Mauldin
- Founder and owner of South Atlantic BioCleaning & Janitorial Services specializing in janitorial staffing, floor maintenance, and sanitizing against COVID
- Former Vice President of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo)
- Graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Executive Leadership Program
- Certified Entrepreneurial Trainer through the Kauffman Foundation
- Former board member of the Urban League of the Upstate, American Heart Association, and the Phillis Wheatley Association.
- Class of 2009 Liberty Fellows, a community of leaders chosen to make a lifelong commitment to creating a better future for all people in South Carolina
- 2021 Recipient of the South Carolina’s Order of the Silver Crescent, the state’s most prestigious service award.