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    Miami Dolphins announce tragic passing of senior vice president Jason Jenkins

    A very sad day for the Miami Dolphins: Team executive Jason Jenkins, a pillar of the South Florida community, died unexpectedly Saturday.

    Jason Jenkins, a longtime Miami Dolphins employee who rose to the highest levels of team leadership, died suddenly and unexpectedly Saturday.

    “Our hearts are broken and grieving the loss of a man who was a dear friend and beloved by so many people,” Dolphins CEO Tom Garfinkel said in a statement released at halftime of the team’s preseason game Saturday.

    “Jason faithfully served the Dolphins organization for 14 years, was a beacon in the community, a trailblazer and champion for others, and above all, treated people with a kindness and dignity that left a lasting mark on everyone he met. Our deepest condolences and our unwavering support go out to his wife, Elizabeth, and his three children.”

    Jenkins was a close confidant of Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and the face of the team’s robust community relations initiative.

    “I am heartbroken,” Ross said. “Jason Jenkins was an icon in the Miami community, and above all a kind and incredible family man. His dedication to our organization was unmatched. He was my friend but most of all he was a generous soul. My heart is with Elizabeth and his children tonight. The Jenkins family will always be a part of the Dolphins family.”

    Jenkins joined the Dolphins in 2009 as a member of their public relations department. Four years later, the organization promoted him to vice president of communications and then in 2015, named him the organization’s senior vice president of communications and community relations.

    Prior to joining the Dolphins, Jenkins worked in the San Francisco 49ers’ media relations department. He also spent time as the associate athletic director at Texas Southern University from 1999-2002 and as an athletic sales and promotion manager and sports communications assistant at Lehigh University from 1997-99.

    Jenkins, a native of Houston, attended Texas Tech University, graduating in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. He gave his alma mater’s commencement address in 2018.

    Beyond his work in the community as a Dolphins executive, Jenkins was also a board member on the Anti-Defamation League Florida, Breakthrough Miami, Dolphins Challenge Cancer, Pro Sports Assembly, Urban League of Broward County, Women of Tomorrow, and YWCA Miami.

    He is survived by his wife and their three children, Liya, Aiden, and Sloane.

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