Editing James L. Jones (section)

===Business roles===
Following his retirement from the military, Jones became president of the Institute for 21st Century Energy,<ref name=EnergyXXI>{{cite web|url=http://www.energyxxi.org/xxi/default|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701120122/http://www.energyxxi.org/xxi/default|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2007 |title=Institute for 21st Century Energy|publisher=[[United States Chamber of Commerce]]}}</ref> an affiliate of the [[United States Chamber of Commerce|US Chamber of Commerce]];<ref name=EnergyXXI/> he also served as chair of the board of directors of the [[Atlantic Council of the United States]] from June 2007<ref name=AtlanticCouncil_20070518>{{cite press release|access-date=November 30, 2008 |url=http://www.acus.org/docs/Press%20Release/070518-JONES%20ELECTED%20ATLANTIC%20COUNCIL%20CHAIRMAN.pdf|publisher=[[Atlantic Council of the United States]]|date=May 18, 2007|title=General James L. Jones USMC (ret.) Elected Chairman of The Atlantic Council Board of Directors|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120221600/http://www.acus.org/docs/Press%20Release/070518-JONES%20ELECTED%20ATLANTIC%20COUNCIL%20CHAIRMAN.pdf|archive-date=January 20, 2009}}</ref> until January 2009, when he assumed the post of National Security Advisor.<ref name=Farewell>{{cite web|access-date=January 20, 2018 |url=http://www.acus.org/event_blog/general-jones-congratulated-bid-farewell-atlantic-council|title=Farewell and Congratulations to General Jones|date=January 13, 2009|publisher=Atlantic Council of the United States|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218154218/http://www.acus.org/event_blog/general-jones-congratulated-bid-farewell-atlantic-council|archive-date=February 18, 2012}}</ref>  Jones also served as a member of the guiding coalition for the [[Project on National Security Reform]], as well as chairman of the Independent Commission on the Iraqi Security Forces.<ref name=AtlanticCouncil_20070912>{{cite web|url=http://www.acus.org/Gen_James_L_Jones_Atlantic_Council_09-12-2007_page2.asp |title=Remarks by General (ret.) James L. Jones at the Atlantic Council of the United States|last=Jones|first=James L.|work=Public Remarks|date=September 12, 2007|publisher=[[Atlantic Council of the United States]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318203442/http://www.acus.org/Gen_James_L_Jones_Atlantic_Council_09-12-2007_page2.asp |archive-date=March 18, 2008}}</ref> He was a member of the [[board of directors]] of [[Boeing|The Boeing Company]] from June 21, 2007, to December 15, 2008, serving on the company's Audit and Finance Committees.<ref name=BoeingProxyStatement2008>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000119312508057498/ddef14a.htm#toc96257_23|title=Definitive Notice and Proxy Statement|publisher=The Boeing Company|year=2008|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818142538/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000119312508057498/ddef14a.htm#toc96257_23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BoeingNewsRelease081215b>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q4/081215b_nr.html|title=Boeing Director Gen. James Jones Resigns Board Seat |publisher=The Boeing Company|date=December 15, 2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217044639/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q4/081215b_nr.html|archive-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref> Jones was also a member of the board of directors of [[Cross Match Technologies]], a privately held biometric solutions company, from October 2007 to January 2009.<ref name=CMTboard>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2008|url=http://www.crossmatch.net/pr/Jones_10_03_07.html|title=Board of Directors: General James L. Jones|publisher=Cross Match Technologies|date=October 2007|archive-date=October 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017162821/http://crossmatch.net/pr/Jones_10_03_07.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=CMTNSA_resignation>{{cite press release|access-date=January 15, 2009 |url=http://www.crossmatch.com/pr/1_12_09.html|title=Cross Match Announces General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.) Resigns from Board of Directors|publisher=Cross Match Technologies|date=January 15, 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211238/http://www.crossmatch.com/pr/1_12_09.html|archive-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref>

Jones was employed on the board of trustees of the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS), a bipartisan think-tank, from 2007 to 2008, and then began serving again in 2011.<ref name=CSISBoard>{{cite web|access-date=January 5, 2011|url=http://csis.org/press/press-release/former-national-security-advisor-general-james-jones-rejoins-csis-board-trustees|title=James L. Jones Rejoins CSIS Board of Trustees|publisher=CSIS.org|date=January 2011|archive-date=January 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107022503/http://csis.org/press/press-release/former-national-security-advisor-general-james-jones-rejoins-csis-board-trustees|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a member of the board of directors of [[Chevron Corporation]] from May 28, 2008, to December 5, 2008, serving on the Board Nominating and Governance and Public Policy Committees.<ref name=BizJournal>{{cite news|access-date=March 29, 2008|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/03/24/daily29.html|title=Former USMC Commandant Jones nominated to Chevron board|work=San Francisco Business Times|author=Brown, Steven E. F.|date=March 26, 2008|publisher=Biz Journals|archive-date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525215653/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/03/24/daily29.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CVXboard2008>{{cite web|access-date=August 24, 2008|url=http://www.chevron.com/about/leadership/boardofdirectors/jones/ |title=Board of Directors: General James L. Jones|publisher=Chevron|date=July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803081859/http://www.chevron.com/about/leadership/boardofdirectors/jones/  |archive-date=August 3, 2008}}</ref><ref name=CVXboard2008-12-10>{{cite web|access-date=December 10, 2008 |url=http://www.chevron.com/news/press/release/?id=2008-12-10|title=Enrique Hernandez Jr. Elected to Chevron Board of Directors; Gen. James L. Jones Resigns Following National Security Adviser Appointment|publisher=Chevron|date=December 2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212163629/http://www.chevron.com/news/press/release/?id=2008-12-10|archive-date=December 12, 2008}}</ref>
According to the first report since Jones re-entered government service in January 2009, Jones earned a salary and bonus of $900,000 from the US Chamber, as well as director fees of $330,000 from the [[Boeing Company]] and $290,000 from the [[Chevron Corporation]].<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123879462053487927 "Hedge Fund Paid Summers $5.2 Million in Past Year"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929003253/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123879462053487927 |date=September 29, 2021 }} by John D. McKinnon and F. W. Farnum, ''wsj.online'', April 4, 2009. Retrieved 4/5/09.</ref>

After leaving the Obama administration, Jones returned as a Fellow at the US Chamber in 2011.<ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2011). [http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2011/march/general-james-jones-named-us-chamber-fellow General James Jones Named U.S. Chamber Fellow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524153445/https://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2011/march/general-james-jones-named-us-chamber-fellow |date=May 24, 2011 }}. Retrieved April 3, 2011.</ref>

The board of directors of [[General Dynamics]] has elected Jones to be a director of the corporation, effective August 3, 2011. Also, on January 13, 2012, Jones joined Deloitte Consulting LLP as a senior adviser who will work with Federal and commercial consulting clients within Deloitte's Department of Defense and Intel segments. In early 2013, Jones joined OxiCool Inc's Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/general-james-jones-joins-developer-of-green-air-conditioning-oxicool-inc-202389021.html|title=General James Jones Joins Developer of Green Air Conditioning OxiCool, Inc.|website=prnewswire.com|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145000/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/general-james-jones-joins-developer-of-green-air-conditioning-oxicool-inc-202389021.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jones established the consulting firms Ironhand Security LLC and Jones Group International LLC. The firms have worked for foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia. After the [[Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi|murder of Jamal Khashoggi]] by the Saudi regime, Jones downplayed his firms' work with the Saudi government and said that the remaining contract with them was about to expire. However, Jones's firms subsequently expanded its partnership with the Saudi regime. By 2022, his firms had four contracts with the Saudi government and employed 53 Americans in Riyadh, eight of whom were retired generals and admirals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Whitlock |first1=Craig |last2=Jones |first2=Nate |date=2022 |title=Retired U.S. generals, admirals take top jobs with Saudi crown prince |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/veterans-us-foreign-jobs-saudi-arabia/ |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en |access-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018144110/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/veterans-us-foreign-jobs-saudi-arabia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>