Pless Jones Jr. & Elizabeth Jones, CEO & President

P&J Contractors Company, Inc. “New Leadership Award”

BIO

Pless and Elizabeth Jones are college sweethearts who first met and fell in love at Virginia State University. Life happened, and they spent a lot of years apart after leaving VSU, Pless used his Engineering degree to work with his family’s construction firm, P&J Contracting Company Inc., and Elizabeth went from working as a Systems Engineer to a Corrections Educator in state and federal prisons. Pless fought for minority contractors and businesses in Baltimore and supported youth programs in his hometown of Emporia, Virginia, while raising his three children, Sky, Pless, and Ryder. Elizabeth, a licensed and ordained minister, earned her Master of Divinity, and lived out her call to teach in prisons and churches.

In late 2020, Pless Jr. fulfilled his personal goal and continued his father, Pless Jones Sr’s, legacy by purchasing P&J Contracting Company Inc. As President and Vice President of P&J, Pless Jr and Elizabeth, have integrated technology to improve project management, time and attendance practices, and fleet and heavy equipment tracking. They have brought their years of project management experience to advance Operations, Accounting and Sales within the 42-year-old company.

Twenty-five years later their time caught up with their eternity and they reentered each other’s lives and hearts, making an undeniable impact on each other that revealed their eternal purpose. They joined their lives and purposes to continue the firm’s rich history “Tearing Down To Build Up” throughout Baltimore, Maryland, and beyond.