Jason Alderman oversees communications at SmartNews, the AI-powered news aggregation app used by millions.

Before joining SmartNews, he ran global communications at Integral Ad Science and served as Chief Communications Officer at the fintech startup Fast and at healthtech insurer Clover Health, overseeing government relations, external and internal communications, and corporate social responsibility at both companies.

Previously, Alderman served as Sr. Vice President of Corporate Communications at DraftKings, helping steer the company through significant reputational and regulatory challenges and positioning it for a successful IPO.

Alderman was also the Vice President of Public Affairs at Visa and ran the company’s global financial literacy program. Alderman wrote two syndicated columns for more than a decade, which ran in hundreds of newspapers and media outlets.

His career also included service as a Congressional staffer on the House Appropriations Committee and as the legislative director for the late Rep. Sidney Yates of Illinois. In that post, he helped oversee the multi-billion dollar budgets for the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy and the Smithsonian Institution. A frequent speaker at international conferences, Alderman has been cited in numerous academic and media reports and co-founded the Bay Area Center for Voting Research think tank.