Ask Jason Walsh what his first love is and he's quick to answer his family, including his wife, Kara, and sons, Mitchell, Conlin, and Pearse. But ask what comes in second and the answer is "Dormont" and so it's no surprise that 4 years ago this son of Dormont ran for mayor, and it’s time to run again. The son of Phil and Jackie Walsh, Jason and his younger brother and sister were all raised in Dormont. He attended Keystone Oaks High School where he began volunteering in the community - he's one of the many residents who contributed their labor and time to build the wooden playground. He also spent time
volunteering with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild homes after Hurricane Andrew. His service to the community continued at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) where he served on the Residence Hall Association and SADD. After graduating with a Bachelor's of Science in American Studies, Jason spent a year as a member of AmeriCorp VISTA before moving to a position as a resource manager for a homeless shelter in Morgantown, West Virginia. That service to those less fortunate also led to his serving as Vice President of the Mon Valley Homeless Initiative. In 2007, Jason moved back to Pittsburgh and began working for a company that is now called Willis Towers Watson in Human Resources as a benefits manager. They were married in 2009 and in 2011 Jason and Kara purchased Jason's childhood home on Edgehill Avenue from his father, making Dormont home once again. Their family grew with the birth of three sons, Mitchell (2013), Conlin (2017) and Pearse (2019). Jason continued the volunteer work that he began in high school by serving on the Dormont Planning Commission and the borough's Traffic, Planning and Parking Commission. Kara has previously served as Chair of the Recreation Committee. The two of them can be seen at almost every event sponsored in the borough throughout the year. They're easy to spot, as they're frequently the first there and the last to leave. Jason is a social member of the McCormick Dorman VFW Post 694 in Dormont and volunteers for a number of its events, including assembling the veteran banners that adorn Dormont's main streets to pay tribute to our service men and women. Like many residents, he is a proud member of the Dormont Historical Society. Whether at an Ugly Sweater Party, borough Council meetings, Movies in the Park, Dormont Day, Commission meetings, or the Fall Festival, Jason and the Walsh family have been a fixture at many of the events that make Dormont such a great place to live. Jason’s love of this borough has extended to all of the little things that need to get done for the borough to work.
