• Winchester Finance Committee
• Winchester Master Plan Steering Committee, responsible for developing a comprehensive master plan to guide residential and commercial development in the town
• Superintendent Selection Committee for the Winchester public schools
• Board of Trustees for the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence, where he led the corporate sponsorship program for the Celebration of Education, an event that raised $50,000 for the public schools
• Mass Audubon, a nonprofit organization that works to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife
• Stand for Children, a nonprofit grassroots group that advocates for adequate state funding of education [Top]

Education and Business Career
Jason attended public high school in New Jersey.  With the help of merit scholarships, he graduated from Harvard College in 1990 with a degree in economics with high honors.  He worked for McKinsey & Company in global management and strategy consulting, developing strong problem solving, negotiation, and analytical skills.  He then went on to attend Harvard Business School.  From there, Jason launched a highly successful career in management and marketing in the software industry, with RSA Security in Bedford and later Endeca Technologies in Cambridge.  [Top]

Family
Jason and his wife Susan settled in Winchester in 1998, where they are raising their two daughters, Sophie, age 8, and Jessie, age 5. Sophie is a third grader at Ambrose Elementary School and Jessie will be entering kindergarten at Ambrose next year.  Susan is a Web producer for the PBS science series NOVA. She served as the Co-President of the Winchester Family Action Network and is an active library and classroom volunteer at Ambrose. [Top]

Childhood
Jason was born in South Africa in 1968.  At age twelve he moved with his family to the United States.  Witnessing firsthand the injustice of the apartheid system left him with a deep commitment to social justice.  He has never taken for granted our country’s ideals of equality of opportunity, respect for all people, and the notion that any person can achieve success through hard work regardless of his or her background.  [Top]

Our Next State Representative
As our State Representative, Jason will be deeply committed to representing the needs and concerns of all the residents of Stoneham and Winchester.  He is not a career politician, but an informed citizen who brings new vision, invaluable business and community experience, and refreshing energy to the job.  Jason will tackle our most challenging state and local issues with a fresh perspective and tireless advocacy on our behalf. [Top]