Jason Mendelsohn is co-founder and President of Ashar Group, LLC, a privately held, nationally licensed firm specializing in the secondary market for life insurance. His firm is considered experts in both life insurance policy valuations and life settlements. Jason is regularly invited to be a speaker and lead discussions at national and regional events pertaining to the Secondary Market. Jason is proud to serve as a member of the AALU (Association for Advanced Life Underwriting) and is active in the industry as an advocate for senior care. Jason is both life and securities licensed.
Jason is also a stage 4 HPV-related oral cancer survivor and serves as the co-chair for the Patient Education Committee and the Ambassador Program for the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance. Jason was first diagnosed back in May 2014 and shortly thereafter had a radical tonsillectomy, neck dissection (42 lymph nodes removed from his neck) followed by seven weeks of chemo, radiation and a feeding tube. Jason made the decision to share his cancer story publicly so that others could learn about HPV-related oral cancer, oral cancer screenings, including the HPV vaccine. He also created a website, www.SupermanHPV.com which launched on September 1, 2017. Jason created the site to inspire, educate and encourage others diagnosed with HPV-related oral cancer.
Jason is passionate about oral cancer awareness and hopes to eliminate HPV-related oral cancer for future generations. When Jason was first diagnosed, he made videos to his kids that went something like this, “One day you are going to get married, I am not going to be there, this is what is the most important.” He is fueled to educate parents about the HPV vaccine and about oral cancer screenings so that one day no parent will ever have to make a video similar to the one he made for his kids back in 2014.
Jason is a board member of the World Patient Advocacy Coalition on HPV Elimination (HPV WPAC) and also serves on the board of the Jewish Pavilion of Central Florida. He received his B.A. From Emory University in 1990. Jason and his wife, Ronni, have been married for 29 years and have three children: 24-year old son and daughter (twins) and an 18-year old son.
Jason’s survivor story, A New Normal has been featured in the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance quarterly e-newsletter and can be read here.
