As the chief emerging technologies officer for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), Trish Jones is responsible for leading the emerging platform, audience-facing technology, sales solutions and audience data teams for Turner worldwide. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media and sports content environments on television and digital platforms for consumers around the world.

Jones joined TBS, Inc. in 2000, and her previous roles with the company included senior vice president of Strategic Audience Solutions for TBS, Inc., deputy general counsel for TBS, Inc. and executive vice president and general counsel for TBS International, Inc. Prior to joining Turner, Trish held business and legal positions with The Coca-Cola Company from 1996 to 2000 and served as senior intellectual property and international counsel for Anacomp, Inc. from 1992-1996. She began her career as a member of the Corporate & Technology Practice Group with the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy in Atlanta in 1989.

Trish earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Spring Hill College, a juris doctor degree from the University of Richmond, and an LL.M with a concentration in international law from Georgetown University Law Center. She chairs the advisory board of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy; is a member of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Women in Cable and Telecommunications and the National Center for Women in Technology; and is on the national board of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Jenni holds a Bachelor of Science from Mississippi State University in Chemical Engineering. At Mississippi State, Jenni led a student organization focused on creating and strengthening industry for the engineering school. This effort allowed Jenni to serve on the Advisory Board for the department from 2000 until 2003.

Passionate about mentoring and helping others, Jenni has found avenues to give back to the community. She serves as the program chair for the WIT Girls Get IT Job Shadow Program, which provides girls with the opportunity to spend a week on the job with a mentor learning what is available for women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Jenni also volunteers with Northside Hospital in a program designed to help women and their familes who are experiencing high risk pregnancies.

Outside of work, Jenni keeps a busy schedule with her husband Craig and daughters, Noel (7) and Eliana (4). When she is not participating in extracurricular activities for the children, she enjoys reading, watching football and travelling with her husband.