Brandy Jones, APR, has been promoted to the role of VP of external affairs at Cincinnati Metro.

In this role, Jones serves as the organization’s spokesperson and will oversee Cincinnati Metro’s marketing and communications, customer relations, sales, external affairs, and government relations activities.

Jones has more than a decade of public relations and communications experience and has held several roles within the agency including director of external affairs, external affairs manager, public relations manager and internal communications coordinator. Prior to Cincinnati Metro, she served as an account coordinator at the Kevin Wilson Public Relations Agency.

She has received numerous awards for her public relations work, including several Blacksmith Awards from the Cincinnati Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. She is also a 2017 recipient of the Cincinnati Business Courier’s “Forty Under 40” honor.

Jones currently serves as Vice President of the Cincinnati PRSA and previously led the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (Cincinnati Chapter) as president.

Cincinnati Metro is a non-profit, tax-funded public service of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, providing about 14 million rides per year.