Jason Mincer

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About Jason Mincer

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Influential lobbyist Established grassroots recruiter, organizer, and activator Effective manager Experienced media spokesperson Seasoned trainer Accomplished presenter Proven coalition builder and leader Talented graphic designer Successful social media expert Skilled writer Semi-professional photographer RELEVENT EXPERIENCE Ten years of campaign planning, lobbying and volunteer management experience, including the following victories:* Raising funding to school districts by over 30 percent through drastic improvements to the statewide school funding model.* Improving Wyoming’s average teacher salary ranking from 42nd in the nation in 2004, to 13th in 2009.* Creating and implementing the Hathaway Scholarship Program, a 100% state-funded merit- based scholarship program that is available to all Wyoming high school graduates.* Increasing the excise tax on cigarettes from 12 cents to 60 cents per pack, the only tax increase the Wyoming legislature has passed in the last 15 years.* Passing multiple comprehensive smoke-free ordinances at city councils, including Laramie, Cheyenne, Mountain View, and Casper.* Expanding the Wyoming Colorectal Screening Program, allowing hundreds more men free colonoscopies.* Protecting cancer control and tobacco prevention programs. Cuts to these state-funded programs have been proposed repeatedly and have always been defeated. Four years working in newspapers in multiple roles including reporting and graphic design. Establishing and rebuilding numerous coalitions into politically powerful groups.