Jason G. Green

Official Panelist

2026 Participant · Non-Fiction · Memoir · Southern

Jason G.  Green
Jason G. Green

Jason G. Green is a Maryland-born community organizer, attorney, storyteller and entrepreneur. Green served as special assistant to the president, and associate White House Counsel to President Obama, advising on economic and domestic policy matters. Green co-founded SkillSmart, a pioneering company that reshapes how communities measure economic impact, and is CEO of EverGreen Labs, where he supports a host of visionary organizations working to build trust, expand economic opportunity and strengthen community.

Green also serves as trustee to the Pleasant View Historic Association, supports its fundraising campaign to preserve the historic site, and sits on several advisory boards focused on opportunity and innovation. He is a founding commissioner and former chair of the Montgomery County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation. His award winning documentary, Finding Fellowship, available on PBS, explores the rich history of Quince Orchard and the fight to preserve its legacy.

A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and Yale Law School, Green remains rooted in the work of truth and justice, investing in stories that remind us who we are. He currently spits time between Maryland and Dallas, Texas, with his wife Ritu and son Aidan.

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Book Title(s)

  • Too Precious to Lose: A Memoir of Family, Community, and Possibility