INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. and TAHOE CITY, Calif. – June 20, 2016 – The nonprofit Tahoe Fund announced the appointment of John B. Jones Jr. to the Tahoe Fund Board of Directors. Jones, a member of the Truckee Tahoe Airport District and President of North Tahoe Real Estate Corporation, joins the organization as it prepares to expand its reach and private support of environmental improvement projects.
“We are thrilled to welcome JJ to the Tahoe Fund board,” said Art Chapman, chair of the Tahoe Fund board. “A true outdoorsman, he brings an excellent combination of business acumen and passion for Tahoe to our work.”
“As major supporters of the Tahoe Fund, my wife and I have watched the organization do wonderful work in the 
Tahoe Basin,” said Jones. “It is an honor to join the board and help continue to grow the organization’s impact with greater private support of environmental projects.”
Jones and his wife Glennis have had a home in the Lake Tahoe region for more than 40 years. He is an active outdoors person and very involved in the local Tahoe communities. He has been a Board member of the Truckee Tahoe Airport District since 2010 and served as its President in 2014 and 2015. John is the President of the North Tahoe Commercial real estate corporation and the President of his own investment management company, Triley Ventures. Prior to retirement in 2004, John was a securities analyst on Wall Street for 20 years where he followed the high tech sector for Montgomery Securities, Salomon Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney and Citibank. John began his technology pursuits at IBM in 1969. This led to his transition to Wall Street in 1985 as a technology analyst.
The Tahoe Fund is a nonprofit charged with inspiring the private community to support environmental improvement projects in the Tahoe Basin that will restore lake clarity, enhance outdoor recreation, and inspire greater stewardship of the natural environment. The Tahoe Fund has raised private funds for 15 projects in the Tahoe Basin, including a new bike path from Incline to Sand Harbor that will break ground this year. The organization will launch fundraising campaigns for its 2016 projects in early summer. They will feature the acquisition of 200 acres in South Lake Tahoe on the area’s highest priority watershed, a new overlook at Taylor Creek to help improve the visitor experience during the popular salmon run, a restored section of hiking trail on the famed Rubicon Trail on the West Shore, and a new section of Lake Tahoe Bikeway near Dollar Point. For more information please visit www.tahoefund.org.