Staff - Bio

Mr. Jason D. Hamilton, Executive Director

Mr. Hamilton was born and raised in Nashville TN, where he attended John Overton Comprehensive High School. From there, he attended and graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1999 with his B.A. in Spanish and was a two sport student-athlete. After graduating, he spent a few years living abroad in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Upon returning to the U.S. in 2001, he began his career in college admissions at Sewanee, where he served as Assistant Director of Admission and Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment. The next year he relocated and worked at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA serving as Assistant Director of Admission and International Student Liaison. He then returned to Sewanee where he served as Associate Director of Admission from 2003-2005 and then Director of Admission from 2005-2008. Mr. Hamilton also attended and received his Executive M.B.A. at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga in December of 2007.

The opportunity to be the Executive Director of the Arkansas Commitment Program is Mr. Hamilton's "dream job" as it combines his passions of community service, education, and business.