User:Badgerdad/Jake Wood (Author, veterans activist)

Jake Wood is the Cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon, a nationwide nonprofit that provides military veterans with the opportunity to continue their service by responding to natural disasters and global crises. As a leading veteran advocate, Jake speaks around the country on issues facing returning veterans and is a member of numerous national committees on the topic. Jake is also the founder of POS REP, the first mobile, proximity-based social network designed exclusively for the veteran community.

Military Service
Prior to Team Rubicon, Jake served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, with deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a Scout Sniper. He received numerous awards in combat, and was the Honor Graduate of Recruit Training, The School of Infantry and Marine Scout Sniper Course.

Education
Wood graduated from Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, IA in 2001 and from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, where he played football, with a double major in Business and Political Science.

Awards and Honors
Wood's recent awards include Academic All B1G 10 two years; the University of Wisconsin “Forward Under Forty” award ; the Big Ten Conference’s “Live Big” award ; GQ Magazine’s “Better Men, Better World” award ; and in 2012 was named a CNN Hero.