The goal of the K-12 Outreach program is to make the path to college smoother and to ensure that every student has the option of pursuing a college degree by providing the fullest opportunity to achieve that dream. As the Director of this program, Jason manages seven direct reports, relationships with all K-12 schools and districts, 12+ non-profit partners throughout Colorado, and directs programing that reaches 20,000 students each year. In this role, he is directly responsible for:… Show more The goal of the K-12 Outreach program is to make the path to college smoother and to ensure that every student has the option of pursuing a college degree by providing the fullest opportunity to achieve that dream. As the Director of this program, Jason manages seven direct reports, relationships with all K-12 schools and districts, 12+ non-profit partners throughout Colorado, and directs programing that reaches 20,000 students each year. In this role, he is directly responsible for: • Cultivating and developing strategic relationships Colorado schools, school district, superintendents, principals, and high school staff• Developing outreach programing with both non-profit and corporate community partners• Managing Financial Literacy programing and outreach for the University• Managing cross-departmental relationships to support pipeline and outreach programs • Cultivating and expanding the student pipeline and ongoing outreach programing• Representing the CU Denver to present all that the university offers academically and to the community high school student, parents and administrators• Annual reporting to CU Denver administration on the status, evaluation, growth and continual improvement of all K-12 Outreach Program efforts Show less

As the Associate Director of UC Denver’s Academic Outreach programs, Jason was responsible for managing all aspects of the University’s concurrent enrollment program, CU Succeed Silver. Jason’s work in this role had an extraordinary impact on the program including remarkable growth in revenue, enrollment and staff as well as improved policies and program development. Highlights from his work in this role include: • Program enrollment and revenue grew 70%• Recruited, hired, trained… Show more As the Associate Director of UC Denver’s Academic Outreach programs, Jason was responsible for managing all aspects of the University’s concurrent enrollment program, CU Succeed Silver. Jason’s work in this role had an extraordinary impact on the program including remarkable growth in revenue, enrollment and staff as well as improved policies and program development. Highlights from his work in this role include: • Program enrollment and revenue grew 70%• Recruited, hired, trained and manage CU Succeed staff, resulting in team growth of 50% in year 2 and an additional 42% in year 3• Cultivated and managed program development in 40+ schools and 5 districts in the Denver metro area• Managing marketing of the program in order to recruit instructors and students• Supporting the statewide evaluation of postsecondary and concurrent enrollment policies, and using those findings of those evaluations to create and implement internal program polices for CU Succeed Silver• Cultivating strategic relationships with Colorado schools, districts, superintendents, principals and staff• Served as the public face of CU Succeed program through speaking engagements, assemblies and presentations t to high school students, parents, administrators Show less

The National Football promote and develop the power of amateur football in developing the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, competitive zeal and the drive for academic excellence in America's young people. As a Regional Coordinator, Jason was responsible for developing strategic relationships with high school administration, faculty, school counselors and community organizations to promote and implement the Play It Smart academic outreach program. In this role, Jason was responsible… Show more The National Football promote and develop the power of amateur football in developing the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, competitive zeal and the drive for academic excellence in America's young people. As a Regional Coordinator, Jason was responsible for developing strategic relationships with high school administration, faculty, school counselors and community organizations to promote and implement the Play It Smart academic outreach program. In this role, Jason was responsible for:• Cultivating, promoting and expanding the Play It Smart program across the Western United States and Texas including 25+ site schools• Recruiting, developing and supervising staff of 20+ Academic Coaches who implemented ACT, SAT and AP preparatory courses, in addition to providing academic, personal and post-secondary readiness mentoring to inner-city student athletes. • Serving as the face of the Play It Smart program at recruiting presentations to audiences of 30-1,500 students, parents, school administrators and potential funders• Continuously improving AP enrollment, graduation rates, and postsecondary matriculation rates • Supporting financial aspects of the program including fundraising initiatives, managing financial agreements, proposal development• Assist in the creation and implementation of national program policy governing operations, as well as the national policy, procedure and training handbooks• Serving as the liaison between the Play It Smart program and federally funded academic and mentoring programs including GearUp, AVID and Upward Bound.• Supporting the NFF Center’s research department for program evaluation strategies, data collection and improvement plans.• Supporting the national director in developing business plans, future vision and national program goals Show less

THE INSTITUTE FOR SPORTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE, ASSOCIATE REGIONAL DIRECTOR 2002 – 2004 The Institute for Sports & Social Justice, formerly the National Consortium for Academics and Sports, is committed to using the power of sport to effect positive social change. The institute educates and empowers individuals and organizations by inspiring values-based thinking leading to actions that promote social responsibility and equality. As the Associate Regional Director, Jason’s responsibilities… Show more THE INSTITUTE FOR SPORTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE, ASSOCIATE REGIONAL DIRECTOR 2002 – 2004 The Institute for Sports & Social Justice, formerly the National Consortium for Academics and Sports, is committed to using the power of sport to effect positive social change. The institute educates and empowers individuals and organizations by inspiring values-based thinking leading to actions that promote social responsibility and equality. As the Associate Regional Director, Jason’s responsibilities included: • Leading the NCAS office for the Rocky Mountain Region and the 35 universities it serves• Cultivated and expanded relationships with Denver metro area schools (principals, V.P.’s, counselors, and teachers) to develop and manage the ‘Project Teamwork’ program with their student body• Working directly with university Athletic Directors, Deans, Chancellor, Academic/Career Counseling, and Life Skills Counselors, on issues related to athletes and the programs that may assist the athlete.• Coordinate and maintain the degree completion program for current/former Division I, Division II and professional athletes.• Educating and mentoring student athletes in conflict resolution, and how to use these skills to deal with race, gender, domestic violence and equity issues. Show less

BLUECOMPASS.COM, SYSTEMS/NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR 1998 – 2001BlueCompass.com, which became skiing.com and subsequently was acquired by Vail.com, was an early travel site for finding and booking Colorado skiing vacations. As the Systems administrator, Jason was responsible for all aspects of administrations (installations, monitoring, maintenance, support, configurations).• Directed vendor and customer/partner contact and software support. • Supported all of the company’s… Show more BLUECOMPASS.COM, SYSTEMS/NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR 1998 – 2001BlueCompass.com, which became skiing.com and subsequently was acquired by Vail.com, was an early travel site for finding and booking Colorado skiing vacations. As the Systems administrator, Jason was responsible for all aspects of administrations (installations, monitoring, maintenance, support, configurations).• Directed vendor and customer/partner contact and software support. • Supported all of the company’s proprietary software products.• Assisted the Director of E-commerce with the development and implementation of company’s e-commerce. Show less

• Recruited and secured over 40 corporate sponsors • Coordination of special events and marketing programs in Denver metro area.

• Responsible for the sale of amateur sporting events in the New England and New York• Responsible for event production, coordination, management, and operations.• Managed multiple large corporate sponsors including contracts, budgeting, promotion and marketing• Coordinated and managed. Staff, interns, and volunteers before, during, and after over 50 amateur and professional soccer, basketball and lacrosse events (from 50-1000 team events).