Jason Forrest is a data visualization and design expert in New York City working at the intersection of business, culture, and data. He is currently working on a book on how to communicate with information in an uncertain world.
He was an Associate Partner at McKinsey and Company and Director of the Data Visualization Lab supporting over 30 clients in 2 years. In his 9 year tenure at McKinsey, he launched the McKinsey Health Institute, spearheaded the COVID Response Center, and contributed to many high-profile events like McKinsey’s presence at COP26. His work spans industries and technologies, consulting Fortune 100 corporations, NGOs, and non-profit foundations. He built digital tools, dashboards, and scrollytelling experiences for the C-suite, helped to map McKinsey’s history, and created data sculptures to inspire the entire organization.
He is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Nightingale: The Journal of the Data Visualization Society, where he fosters a global discourse on data visualization, supporting thousands of writers in expanding the narrative. In 2022, he established Nightingale Magazine, a print publication that ships to 57 countries and continues to explore how dataviz is discussed, practiced, and valued.
