Jason Palmer

Jason Palmer is a candidate for President of the United States with twenty-five years of leadership and technology experience. Prior to his Presidential run, Palmer served in executive and leadership positions at Microsoft, Kaplan Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and leading impact investor New Markets Venture Partners. New Markets focuses exclusively on double-bottom line investments in innovative, high-impact, early- and growth-stage education, and workforce technology companies that improve student and worker outcomes. Palmer has served as on the Board of more than a dozen successful edtech businesses, several of which have been acquired by publicly traded companies. Prior to his work with New Markets, in his three-year service as Deputy Director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he led postsecondary innovation efforts to improve the outcomes of disadvantaged college students by investing in colleges, universities, and entrepreneurs pursuing digital and adaptive learning, student coaching and advising, financial aid innovation, and employer pathways. Earlier in his career, Palmer founded and grew three investor-backed technology and services companies and served as a turnaround leader for three others. Jason Palmer holds a BA from University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard University. He is also a devoted father.