Jonathan co-founded Patients Rising and Patients Rising Now and served as Policy Director for both organizations. He is currently the Communication Director at the office of Congressman Darrell Issa. He is a former Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and presently a Fellow with USC’s Unruh Institute of Politics.

He has been a featured on-air commentator for ABC News, NBC News, Fox News Channel, CNN, several national radio programs and international networks in England, Australia and Japan. His editorial commentaries have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, National Review, Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Times, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News.

He has written extensively for numerous corporate executives, including the Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, the CEO of Coldwell Banker, the Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank and the Deputy President of McDonnell-Douglas. I was also a leading speechwriter for California Governor Pete Wilson.

Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Southern California.