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d-mars.com Top 50 Black Professionals & Entrepreneurs of Texas Alexis “Fly” Jones

2023 TOP P&E

ATV producer turned TV personality, Alexis “Fly” Jones served as a Top 10 market producer for KHOU Channel 11's Great Day Houston with host Deborah Duncan for eight years. In 2021, she stepped from behind the camera to the front as a cast member for Will Packer’s hit show “Ready to Love” S4 premiering on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

She moved on to become a morning show producer for “Start Your Day” with Sharon Reed and Mike Hill, a nationally syndicated show on the Black News Channel before its folding in 2022. Today, she is the Video Producer Manager for Comcast, a Fortune 30 company, in which she creates video content for six regions of the company's West Division. This year for the first time,

Comcast’s Texas' Region hit 1 million views on video content highlighting community work. Part of that work was due to Jones’ talent, production contributions and creative services team. As a 2007 Magna Cum Laude graduate from Clark Atlanta University’s Mass Media program, she connects her 15 years of career success within media and entertainment. She is widely known for compelling storytelling that brings positive attention to various community organizations. Her personal delight is highlighting the successes in the black community to include Black businesses, inspirational stories, and service to others.

The producer has been recognized by the Mayor Sylvester Turner for her contributions to the local community through television and was recently honored as 2022 CORE Magazine’s ‘Most Influential Blacks.’ Additionally, she was honored by her HBCU as Clark Atlanta University’s 'Top 40 Under 40' in 2022. Other accolades include three recent Telly Awards for storytelling to include her short film Dear BLK Son and Comcast’s Hear Our Voices.

You can often find Jones emceeing and hosting an array of community-wide events including Mistress of Ceremony for the Bo Porter Future All-Stars Baseball Academy, Afro-American Police Officers League (AAPOL), Urban League of Houston, Girls Who Brunch mentorship program, and serving on the board for the HSPVA Black Alumni Network and The Houston Association of Black Journalists. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Her personal brand, affectionately known as Alexis “Fly,” sets out to inspire individuals to “First love yourself and to faithfully fly high.”

Alexis “Fly” Jones

Video Producer Manager

Comcast

(281) 961-9988 alexis_jones@comcast.com

Instagram: @thealexis_fly

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