Jason Linde

As FARE’s Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Jason advocates on behalf of the food allergy community in front of Congress, state legislatures, and federal agencies like the CDC, FDA, and NIH. Jason knows the challenges food allergy families face because he was born allergic to milk and tomatoes and remembers giving away most of his Halloween candy or watching his mother search for substitute ingredients for his meals. Today, Jason is also a food allergy parent as his son, Jack, has a life-threatening shellfish allergy.

Since joining FARE in 2020, Jason led the effort to pass the FASTER Act into law, making sesame the ninth allergen to be labeled. In addition, he has either testified or conducted grassroots activities in more than 25 states, helping to pass 15 bills into law impacting more than 10 million food allergy families—including bills that strengthened food allergy restaurant training and capped the cost of epinephrine auto-injectors. For his work, Jason has twice been named a "Top Lobbyist" by The Hill, and FARE has been honored with Reed Awards as the “Non-Profit Grassroots Organization of the Year” by Campaigns and Elections.