Jon

Jon Purves leads the earned media division of the Aspen Institute’s Communications and Marketing Department. Responsible for raising the overall media profile of the Institute, Jon oversees media strategy and outreach on key initiatives and campaigns. Jon develops media partnerships and collaborations and directly engages reporters to amplify the Institute’s work and experts, while supporting programs in their own outreach efforts.

He leads media engagement for high-profile events including the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Security Forum, Aspen Ideas: Climate, and Aspen Ideas: Economy. Previously, Jon served as the Director of Marketing and Publicity at Politics and Prose, a prestigious bookstore chain in Washington, DC, known for its expansive programming. In the UK, Jon worked as a publicist on behalf of a group of publishers in London, arranging media coverage for new releases and author tours. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from King’s College London.