About Suzanne

She was elected to the Placer County Board of Education in November 2010 and was re-elected to three terms. She served as the County Board Vice President in 2013 and 2020, and then as Board President in 2014. She also received the Trustee of the Year award in 2019. She is one of three Trustees serving Granite Bay and Roseville areas. 

As Trustee on the County Board of Education she also served on the Policy Advisory Committee, the California School Boards Association (CSBA) Legislative Committee, the California County Boards of Education (CCBE) Legislative Committee (including one year as the committee chair); She also served on the CCBE Board of Directors. Throughout her tenure as a trustee on the Placer County Board of Education, Supervisor Jones dedicated herself to working with the Placer County Office of Education to ensure that the educational programs for early childhood education, special education, alternative education, community schools and juvenile court schools in Placer County would be the best in the state. She recently resigned her position just prior to becoming Supervisor. 

Suzanne was appointed by the Placer County Board of Supervisors to serve on the Granite Bay Municipal Advisory Council from 2010-2016, including one and a half years as Chairperson.  

In 2014 she was appointed by the Placer County Board of Supervisors to serve as Commissioner for District 4 on the Placer County Older Adult Advisory Commission where she served until her term expired in May 2020, including 2 years on the Housing Committee.    

In 2012 Suzanne was Appointed to the Appellate Mediation Program, Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, where she served as a trained mediator.

Supervisor Jones earned her bachelor’s degree in Human Biology, with a minor in Chemistry from California State University, Sacramento.   She also received a Juris Doctor from Lincoln Law School of Sacramento and is a current member of the California State Bar Association.

Supervisor Jones’ past years of service include working for the Department of the Army in the United States, Europe and Saudi Arabia. At the same time, her husband was an Officer in the United States Army.  She owned a small business in Placer County in 1993-1996.  She also worked for Sacramento City Unified School District in the legal department.