Retired Lt. Col. Hunter Jones is the Owner and CEO of Jones & Associates, LLC. He also serves as the Director of Business Development and Sales at Liberty Source, PBC. Previously, he worked as a Business Development Manager at Babel Street and as Vice President, Federal for Red Vector. Before joining Red Vector full-time, he was an Advisory Board Member and held roles as a Strategic Security Consultant with Chameleon Consulting Group, Fortem Technologies, System High, Babel Street, and Clearspeed. Additionally, he served as a Security Consultant for Insight Global, supporting Penn Medicine’s Information Security Division.

Hunter’s career also includes serving as the Government Security Leader at Boeing in Ridley Park, PA, and PAX River, MD. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he worked on-site for multiple clients, including the U.S. Coast Guard Counterintelligence (CI) Service, the Department of Homeland Security Counterintelligence Mission Center, and U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT).

During his active-duty career in the U.S. Air Force, Hunter was a federal agent for the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), specializing in narcotics investigations, felony crimes, executive protection, counterintelligence, counterespionage, and counterterrorism operations. He deployed twice as a Special Agent in Charge/Commander during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and served as the Global Security Director and Personal Security Advisor to Air Force Chief of Staff General John Jumper. He also led a 24-person OSI unit at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, collaborating with the Base Commander and the Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Office. His final active-duty assignment was at U.S. Central Command, leading the Plans, Programs, & Policy Directorate in the Security Cooperation Division.

Hunter was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force in 1997 after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. He played varsity football at the Naval Academy and at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, RI. He later earned a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College at the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2007 and a Master of Arts in Military Operational Art and Science, with an emphasis in International Security Studies, from the Air Command and Staff College in 2010.

Born in Bryn Mawr, PA, Hunter has been married to his wife, Tara, for 22 years. They have two sons, Hunter Jr. (19) and Heath (18), and reside in Berwyn, PA—the same neighborhood where he grew up. He is an active member of the OSI Association of Special Agents, ASIS International (Board Member), Women in Defense Organization, and Veterans Villages (Board Member). He also coaches football and lacrosse, using sports to instill life lessons and leadership skills in young athletes.

Hunter always strives to make a positive impact in someone’s life every single day, and would sum up his life’s mission with the following quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Hunter encourages you to digest the following quote and share it with the world!