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Role at GW:
Responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of the athletic
facilities, operations and event management for the Charles E. Smith
Athletic Center and the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex.
GW Highlights:
Jason Wilson was hired as Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities
and Operations in the summer of 2006, marking his 10th year as an
employee within the George Washington University Athletic
Department. He has contributed greatly to the growth of the
department's athletic facilities. Specifically, he assisted in the
interior design and the construction of the Theodore and Annette
Lerner Health & Wellness Center as well as the Mount Vernon Athletic
Complex. Furthermore, he has coordinated numerous renovations for
the facilities such as the installation of the newly added 10mm video
scoreboard and its operating control room. In addition, he managed
the installation of the new "blue" chairback seats and the overhaul
of the student bleachers. Most recently, in the Spring of 2006,
after eight years of facilitating unified commencement ceremonies on
the Ellipse, Wilson supervised the University's first unified
commencement held on the National Mall between the United States
Capitol Building and the Washington Monument which was attended by
more than 25,000 graduates, family members and guests, including
former President George H. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush.
Prior to GW:
A military veteran, Wilson served in the United States Navy and
received an honorable discharge after seeing active duty in the first
Gulf War Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Later he attended GW on a NROTC
scholarship.
Personal:
Wilson lives in Washington, DC.