On the home page of the Metro Human Relations Commission is this quote from Martin Luther King: “”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

We are pleased to welcome, Kelvin D. Jones, III, Executive Director of the Metro Human Relations Commission (since April of 2004), to the show on Monday.

Kelvin joined Mayor (of Nashville, Tennessee) Bill Purcell’s office on September 22, 1999 as his Special Assistant for Legal Affairs. In his capacity as Special Assistant for Legal Affairs, Kelvin represented the Mayor on Nashville’s Airport Authority, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency and the Nashville Convention Center Commission. Kelvin also served as the Mayor’s liaison to the Nashville Sports Authority, Health Department, Hospital Authority, Nashville Electric Service, the Metro Human Relations Commission and served as the Mayor’s legal advisor on public policy issues.

In January of 2003, Mayor Purcell appointed Kelvin to serve as Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development and on September 1, 2003 Mayor Purcell appointed Kelvin to serve as the Interim Director of the Metro Transportation Licensing Commission where he served until his selection to lead the Metro Human Relations Commission in April of 2004.

Kelvin, a native of Huntsville, Alabama, earned his baccalaureate degree from Howard University (Washington, D.C.) and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Alabama. After graduating from law school, Kelvin began his practice as a mergers and acquisitions attorney with the law firm of Holme Roberts and Owen in Denver, Colorado and continued his practice with Bass, Berry and Sims in Nashville, Tennessee until he recruited to join Mayor Bill Purcell’s administration in September of 1999.

Kelvin, an alumnus of Leadership Nashville and Leadership Law, is the Chairman of the Nashville Summer Business Camp, a member of CABLE and a member of the board of Trustees for the United Way of Nashville, the Girl Scouts of Cumberland Valley, the Boy Scouts of Middle, TN, the Nashville Bar Association, the Lawyers Association for Women, the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl and the Tennessee Alcohol and Drug Council.

Kelvin, a resident of historic Edgefield, is licensed pilot who enjoys golf, philosophy and international travel.

Metro Human Relations Commission: One City. All People.

This post was written by Mary Mancini