Jason Barraza is the Senior Associate Director for Veridus LLC, a lobbying, public affairs, communications, campaign consulting and strategic business consulting firm. He represents internationally recognized clients in their government relations needs, and assists in the development of political advocacy plans that include political campaigns, polling, and community outreach. Prior to joining Veridus, Jason spent multiple stints assisting the coordinated campaign of the Arizona Democratic Party during the 2002, 2006 and 2008 campaign cycles. Jason also worked security, logistics and similar roles as part of each Democratic National Convention between 2000 and 2012. He graduated with a bachelor’s from the University of Southern California (2001), and a law degree from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona (2006). Jason is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Leading for Change, a non-partisan, political leadership training organization; Vice President of Los Abogados, the Arizona Hispanic Bar Association; is an appointed Member of the Legislative and Government Affairs Committee of the Hispanic National Bar Association; was recently elected Vice Chairman of the City of Phoenix’s North Mountain Village Planning Committee; and serves on the Board for Friends of the Phoenix Public Library. In March 2016 Jason was recognized as one of the nation's top Hispanic attorneys under 40 by the Hispanic National Bar Association.