In January 2016 Jason completed a 10 year succession plan with his business partner Wynette Stuntz, CFP®. Jason is a member of the Financial Planning Association Houston Chapter and serves on the Houston Board of Directors as the Public Relations Chairperson. Jason is a founding member and past President of the Texas Tech Personal Financial Planning Alumni Advisory Board. He also volunteers as an Alumni mentor to current Texas Tech Personal Financial Planning students.
After graduate school, Jason spent a semester as the Associate Director of Educational Programs for Financial Perspectives School of Finance in Singapore. His primary focus was teaching the Fundamentals of Financial Planning course for Singapore's Certified Financial Planner™ examinations. While attending graduate school Jason had the unique opportunity to assist Dr. Dorothy Durband with the creation of Red to Black, a financial counseling program within the university. The direction and guidance he provided the program won him a leadership award bearing his name in 2002. The faculty of the Texas Tech financial planning program have since presented the “McGarraugh Leadership Award” to eleven other students.