Vice President of Internetworking & Technology and Security
Organizational Pillar, Former Chairperson
Board Member Since 1979


 

Born in Brooklyn, New York to Annie B. Jones a single mother of two grew up in Oceanhill Brownsville. Brother Jay attended Public School 178, William McKinley Junior high and Boys High school.

Joined the Army on his birthday in July of 1971, and served in Europe and Indochina with the 3rd Infantry Division, A Troop, Seventh Calvary Division and the 307th Signal Battalion patrolling the borders of the Iron Curtain and Jungles of Far East Asia.

A Disabled Veteran Era Veterans, Jay was Honorably Discharged as a Specialist Five Class in 1976. Jay had a long stay in the hospital in Ft. Huachuca AZ, for a service related illness/injury inflicted overseas.

In 1977, at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, Jay notices a group of veterans preparing to march over the Brooklyn Bridge. His was told, "We are marching for the injustices that are being committed against the Black Veterans and our Community.

Jay went on to serve as chairman of the Black Veterans for Social Justice Board of Directors for five terms, Chief of Security, Technology Consultant and Chairperson of BVSJ 20th & 25th anniversary committees, Jay represented African American veterans’ issues thorough-out the USA and Internationally.

Brother Jay, a single parent, and homeowner, family consists of five sons, one daughter, and eight grandchildren. Recipient of the "Fatherhood Award," from the Sisterhood of Single Black Mothers, presided as president of PS-316 Parent Teachers Association for two terms, and the recipient of the Council of Supervisors and Administrators "Parent leadership Award."