Jeffrey L. Boney currently serves as Associate Editor, and is a nationally award-winning journalist, for the historic Forward Times Publishing Company, Black Press USA and the National Newspaper Publishers Association. He has received numerous honors and awards over the past several years, such as being recognized for his journalistic work at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Merit Awards and at the National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ) Salute to Excellence Awards. Jeffrey has also served as the host of his own radio show, and is a frequent contributor and has been regularly featured on the "Nancy Grace Show" and "Crime and Justice with Ashleigh Banfield" on CNN Headline News.

Jeffrey is the founder and chief executive officer of the Texas Business Alliance. Just prior to launching the Texas Business Alliance, and after 11 years, Jeffrey resigned from Washington Mutual Bank, to serve as president and chief executive officer of the Greater Houston Black Chamber. He is also one of the founders of The Black Dollar Project, a business initiative created to activate ‘economic empowerment’ between Black businesses and Black consumers in order to promote financial security, wealth building and positive growth.

Jeffrey has successfully developed curriculum and launched programs, such as the Youth Entrepreneurship Academy™ (YEA), Business Enterprise Academy™ (BEA) and the One Woman™ National Business Conference.

Jeffrey has served as an Adjunct Professor, in the school of Business Administration at Houston Community College. He is a dynamic, international speaker with a no-nonsense approach to business and leadership development, community engagement and economic empowerment.

Jeffrey was sworn into office on November 20, 2017 to serve the public as City Council Member for the City of Missouri City, Texas, having won his unopposed election.

Jeffrey is a graduate of Texas Southern University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership from Juliana King University in 2017. Jeffrey has received numerous awards and recognition for his civic and community involvement and his leadership skills. He is currently an American Leadership Forum (ALF) Class XLIV Fellow and a graduate of Project Blueprint, a United Way leadership program, who awarded him the Dorothy F. Caram Commitment to Leadership Award on behalf of the United Way. His contributions to the business arena have positively impacted and financially empowered many communities.

Continuing his commitment to public service, Jeffrey serves in the following capacities: Missouri City Planning, Development & Infrastructure, Budget and Finance, Community Development Advisory and Livable Community Committees; Missouri City Development Board of Directors; Missouri City Recreation & Leisure Local Government Corporation Board of Directors; board member for PeopleFund and the Julius and Lenora Carter Scholarship and Youth Foundation; President of the Jack Yates National Alumni Association (JYNAA); member of the 100 Black Men of America; past board member for the Better Business Bureau (BBB); past board member and Class XXVII graduate of Leadership Houston, an organization that annually trains an elite group of active business and civic leaders to effect positive change in Houston; past board member for The Forge for Families; and is an active volunteer with several community organizations.