 Since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he has worked to promote volunteerism, rowing and the Olympic movement throughout the United States.Jason became involved in rowing as the mascot for the Hun School's rowing team in 1990 as a sixth grader and began coxing in eighth grade, the same year Jason began a distinguished volunteer career in emergency services.He is the only person from USRowing to be named "Man of the Year" twice, as he was recognized in 2001 following rescue operations at Ground Zero and again in 2004 after he and his teammates earned the Olympic gold medal in Athens.