In 2001, Jarod joined his first campaign, the John Cornyn for Senate Campaign, as the financial compliance officer. This position offered him the opportunity to combine his two passions, politics and finance. Politics won out as Jarod went on to work as Senator John Cornyn’s Deputy Central Texas Regional Director until 2004 when he decided that he wanted to pursue a full-time career in public policy and electoral politics. After joining Delisi Communications as an account manager, Jarod worked on several statewide and Congressional campaigns as well as numerous State Representative and State Senate campaigns. Mike Haley at Capitol Inside describes one campaign that Jarod played a leading role in as “a monumental upset…over the candidate who’d been the frontrunner from the outset.”
Jarod has also helped Delisi Communications expand its public policy and government relations practices for education, technology and pensions. For over a decade, Jarod has worked with lawmakers and stakeholders on landmark public school finance reform, important technology standards and requirements for government agencies and the largest municipal pension reform in Texas history.
Jarod grew up in Allen, Texas and is a fifth generation Texan. Jarod and his wife, Mary, reside in Austin but love to spend as much time as they can at the family ranch outside of Rocksprings, Texas. Jarod and Mary are the proud owners of Henry, a dog that is too smart for his own good.