Jason Ewas is Associate Director of Lifelong Saving and Investing at the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (Aspen FSP). He leads Aspen FSP’s early wealth building portfolio, advancing proven, pragmatic solutions that build wealth for low- to moderate-income households.
He is a longtime advocate for financial systems and tools that actually work for people, from a stronger safety net to automatic saving and investing.
Jason organizes events, writes articles, and speaks wherever people will let him on strengthening the balance sheet of everyone in America. He most frequently discusses 530A Accounts (“Trump Accounts”), focused on tracking implementation and pushing for improvements that will make the policy work for the children who need it most.
He previously worked at Commonwealth, a nonprofit focused on advancing financial security. While there, he led an effort with the CFPB to clarify regulations on enabling automatic enrollment into emergency savings, advised major companies on implementing emergency savings programs, and organized and executed a rapid campaign around raising awareness of crucial pandemic-related tax changes in 2021.
Jason also founded the Economic Mobility Lab in the Mayor’s Office at the City of Boston under Mayor Martin J. Walsh. At the Lab, he collaborated with departments to advance innovative projects on childcare and Children’s Savings Accounts, which have remained major projects at the City several years later. He also led the City’s work in supporting employee-owned companies.
He has a Master of Public Administration from the McCormack Graduate School at University of Massachusetts Boston and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University.
