Meet Jason

Boosting job creation, reforming the tax code, strengthening educational opportunities and solving local issues are top priorities for Representative Jason Ortitay. In the current legislative session, Jason chairs the House Communications and Technology Committee and serves as a member of the House Education Committee.

As a member of the Legislature, Jason led the fight to stop Gov. Tom Wolf’s bridge tolling plan and spearheaded educational change, including a grant program to schools to improve safety and mental health programs, a catalog of online courses for K-12 students and teachers, and a structured literacy program. Jason worked in the banking industry for more than four years and has also been active in supporting the community. In 2012, he founded Jason’s Cheesecake Company to aid local schools and other nonprofit organizations to raise money for their causes or functions.

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