A 2006 graduate of Columbia University, Jon now resides in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.  He is Head Coach of RunPortland, a recreational running team, an Assistant Track and Field Coach at Warner Pacific College, and both Head Women’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Track and Field Coach at Fraklin High School in Portland.

Most recently, Jon was voted the USATF-Oregon Open Athlete Committee Chairman, in which he is responsible for  establishing competitive opportunities for Open Athletes in Oregon such as creating an Open Track & Field Championship Cup and Cross Country series, and helping with the existing Road Race Grand Prix series.

Primarily a 5k runner in college, Jon now races a variety of distances and will run his first Marathon at the California International Marathon in December 2009. His PRs include 14:15 and 30:16 for  5,000 meters and 10,000 meters on the track respectively. On the roads, he has run a 14:51 5k and 31:07 10k.