Jake Blaut

Program & Special Projects Coordinator

Jake Blaut is the Program & Special Projects Coordinator for the Civil Service Strong and Good Government Initiatives at Democracy Forward.

He joins Democracy Forward after serving at the U.S. Department of Education in the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs where he facilitated outreach and engagement between Congressional offices and the Department. In that role, he coordinated legislative technical assistance requests and developed research on career, technical, and adult education and higher education issues. Jake has also worked on a variety of political campaigns from the presidential, gubernatorial, senatorial, and congressional levels – including former President Biden’s 2020 primary and general election campaigns.

Jake received his B.S. in Economics and Political Science from Florida State University and is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.