Petrina L. Jones,
Government Relations Advisor and Grassroots Specialist
Petrina Jones joined the Vectre Corporation in 1996. Building on her extensive statewide relationships, she lobbies members of the Virginia General Assembly and the Executive Branch representing a broad spectrum of businesses and industries. She develops and implements grass tops and grassroots strategies for a number of projects on the federal, state and local levels. Currently, Jones is a state director for a federal grassroots project.
Jones has successfully fought to protect her clients' interests during the budget process and actively monitors pending legislative and regulatory issues before the General Assembly, Commonwealth Transportation Board, Coal and Energy Commission and the Board of Education.
After touring the United States as a title role actress of a nationally acclaimed theatre company, Jones performed in a statewide educational tour co-produced by Prevent Child Abuse Virginia, the Virginia Department of Social Services and Theatre IV America. For seven years she has trained and led a group of six actors who assist the Child Advocacy Centers of Virginia in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice with a conference called ChildFirst Virginia—an instructional program for law enforcement officers, attorneys and social workers that interact with traumatized children.
Jones serves on the Board of Directors of CultureWorks (formerly the Arts Council of Richmond). She participated in Governor Warner’s Partnership for Achieving Successful Schools by mentoring at Clark Springs Elementary in Richmond.
A 1993 graduate of Shenandoah University's Conservatory of Music, Jones was named the 1997 recipient of the university's Outstanding Young Alumni Achievement Award.