Jason Mangone is the Executive Director of More in Common US. He began his career as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps, and following his military service was a Research Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. After graduate school Jason was Director of the Aspen Institute’s Franklin Project, an initiative to make a year of national service a common expectation for every young American. He led the Franklin Project’s merger with two other non-profit’s, resulting in the creation of the Service Year Alliance, where Jason was Chief Operating Officer.
He then spent a year helping to build New York City’s Department of Veterans’ Services as a Senior Advisor to the agency’s Commissioner. He co-authored the national best-selling book Leaders: Myth and Reality, which the Financial Times named a “Best Business Book of 2018.” His writing has also been published, among other outlets, in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Task & Purpose, and Philadelphia Inquirer. Most recently, Jason was CEO of Newbury Franklin Home Services, a niche home maintenance business.
He lives in Princeton, New Jersey with his wife Kara and their three kids, where he serves on the board of the Princeton Little League and is a volunteer firefighter, a pursuit meant to trick his children into thinking he’s still cool. He’s also on the board of New Politics, which recruits and trains military veterans and alumni of national service programs to run for elected office. He has a B.A. from Boston College and an M.A. in Global Affairs from Yale University.