Jason W. Forrester

Who is Jason W. Forrester?

Jason W. Forrester is an advisor on the needs of US armed services members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. As of 2008 he was the Director of Policy/Co-Director of the National Guard Program at Veterans for America, the successor organization to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation.

At Veterans for America, Forrester helps direct VFA’s bipartisan effort rebuilding the U.S. military, focusing on assisting the National Guard and improving post-combat care for service members with psychological and neurological wounds. He has testified before Congress and a presidential commission on wounded warrior care.

Forrester has spent more than 10 years as a foreign policy analyst and advisor, including roles with the Brookings Institution and multiple presidential campaigns, including Gore-Lieberman, Wesley Clark’s presidential campaign and Kerry-Edwards. He was a member of the Obama-Biden national security policy teams and has advised various U.S. Senate and House races. He also served in the Senate and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Forrester received a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. in Political Science, graduating cum laude from Sewanee: The University of the South, who named him the Distinguished Young Alumnus in 2008.