Anne Jones

Anne Jones is Director of the Hayhurst LaunchLab. The LauchLab is the applied innovation center and supports students at every step of innovation: from ideation and prototyping to patents and raising capital. She is an IDEA Fellow, an Engaged Community Scholar and NSF ICorps facilitator. 

Previously Anne was an Assistant Dean at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business where she led the MBA Career Managment team and the Business School Alumni Relations.  Anne has supported entrepreneurial growth in West Virginia as the Executive Director of Tucker County’s EDA and as a business coach for Woodlands Community Lenders and WVU.  She is also the founder of Piton Inc, a non-profit supporting military to civilian career change and startups. 

She has a BA from St. Lawrence University, MA from the University of Massachusetts, and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, UK.