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Jason Smart is the current Resident Program Officer to the Moscow, Russia Office of the International Republican Institute.
Background
Jason Smart received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Studies and Government & International Politics from George Mason University where he won both a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship and a David Boren.[1][2] Smart served as a Research Assistant at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies[3] and co-authored a study on the "Transnational Migrants in St. Petersburg and Washington, D.C.: A Comparative Analysis of the City's Educational Policies and Practices of Social Inclusion and Exclusion."
Smart has also published with Dr Eric Shiraev[4] on other publications and research projects.
Smart served for two terms with the Virginia House Appropriations Committee as a Legislative Assistant to Vince_Callahan.[5] Additionally, Jason Smart managed seven political races in the northern Virginia area, culminating in his position as the Field Director in Chesapeake and McLean, Virginia for the John McCain 2008 campaign[6].
Smart serves as the current Chairman of the Moscow Chapter of the Cold War Museum.[7]
In mid-2009, Smart married Adriana Rivera, the former host and producer of the Ecuadorian television program Nueva Imagen.
References
- ^ http://www.americancouncils.org/documents/1017ac032307155735.pdf
- ^ http://www.americancouncils.org/documents/1017ac032307155735.pdf
- ^ http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/Annual%20Report%2007-08%20FINAL.pdf
- ^ http://www.ericshiraev.com
- ^ http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644/5ca521ab435f2d5e85256f7e00694fb5?OpenDocument&Click=
- ^ http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/mccain/mccaingenva.html
- ^ http://russia.coldwar.org/index.html
External links
- Smart's commendation for the promotion of the Cold War Museum [1]
- Jason Smart's Russian Studies blog jasonjaysmart.blogspot.com