Jason Jenkins

Now in his seventh season with the Miami Dolphins, College of Media & Communication alumni Jason Jenkins is senior vice president of Communications and Community Affairs for the NFL team. He is also responsible for all digital media and the Miami Dolphins Foundation.

Jason previously served as the team's vice president of Communications, and the team's senior director of Media Relations. He started with the Dolphins in 2009 as director of Media Relations.

Prior to joining the Dolphins, Jason worked in the media relations department of the San Francisco 49ers as assistant and then director of public relations and operations.

Jason has been selected by the NFL to coordinate public relations for the Pro Bowl game seven times (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012), and one time for the NFC Championship game (2006). He has also conducted seminars at the Rookie Symposium and the NFL Business Summit on media relations.

Prior to his move to the 49ers, Jason served as the associate athletics director at Texas Southern University from 1999-2002, and as the athletics sales and promotion manager and sports communications assistant at Lehigh University from 1997-99.

A native of Houston, Jason earned his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from CoMC in 1997. Upon graduation, he worked in various positions within the athletics department at Texas Tech.

He resides in Coral Springs, Florida, with his wife Elizabeth, and two children, Liya and Aiden.