Jason W. Forrester is an advisor on the needs of US armed services members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. As of 2008[update] 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 (VFA), 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 [1] and a presidential commission on wounded warrior care.[2]
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.