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Susan Kremer Jones
Executive Director
After three decades in Atlanta working with nonprofits serving women and children, Susan Kremer Jones returned to her hometown of Gulfport to care for her mother. In the years that followed, she found herself searching for a new purpose and found it at the Women’s Resource Center.
As executive director, Jones leads a passionate team providing resources, education, and encouragement to women and families facing unplanned pregnancies. Under her leadership, the center expanded services to include a new Fatherhood Program, offering weekly classes for men that emphasize their vital role in pregnancy decisions and a child’s development and continues to grow the Empowered Parenting Program. For Jones, the most rewarding part of her work is seeing the transformation from a client’s first pregnancy test to their graduation from the program, leaving as confident parents supported by a loving community.
The center also received a new ultrasound machine donated by Trinity Methodist Church, allowing earlier detection of pregnancies and fetal heartbeats. Jones said such advancements strengthen their mission and impact.
She is deeply involved in the community through her church and local organizations, and her heart remains with grassroots nonprofits doing vital work on limited budgets. When not at the center, she enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with her tight-knit family and four beloved rescue dogs.
In every role she’s taken on, Jones remains guided by compassion and faith—the same principles at the heart of the Women’s Resource Center’s mission.
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Megan Wack RDMS, RVT.
Susan Kremer Jones.
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