Mr. Jones joined Digene in July 1990
as President and Chief Executive Officer. He was elected to the Board of
Directors in July 1990 and became Chairman of the Board in
September 1995. Mr. Jones was founder and President of
Neomorphics, Inc. from 1988 to September 1990. Between 1987 and 1990
he was first an associate and then a partner with the CW Group, a health care
venture capital firm. From 1983 to 1987 Mr. Jones was employed by The
Perkin-Elmer Corporation where he helped start their successful life sciences
business. Mr. Jones is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Children's Research Institute at the Children's National Medical
Center and the founding
Chairman of the Campaign for Public Health, an organization dedicated to
increasing funding for the Centers for Disease Control. Mr. Jones received
a B.A. in Biochemistry from the University
of Colorado and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School
at the University
of Pennsylvania.