October 2021 Group Watch: Department of Commerce Announces Promotion
The Alabama Department of Commerce announced that longtime employee Stefania Jones has been promoted to Manager of Governmental Affairs and Marketing, giving her the responsibility for key activities at the state’s lead economic development agency. In her new role, Jones will serve as Commerce’s representative on legislative matters, helping to shape policy positions and maintaining channels of communication with state lawmakers and their staffers. She will also be Commerce’s conduit to local and federal legislative and government offices. Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield said Jones has the talents and institutional knowledge to serve as an effective representative for Commerce in their multi-layered interactions with the state legislature. Jones has served as Secretary Canfield’s executive assistant since 2011, shortly after he took the helm at Commerce. Since that time, Alabama’s strategic economic development efforts have generated more than $50 billion in new capital investment and more than 160,000 job commitments.
