Ryan Pavel serves as CEO of Warrior-Scholar Project, channeling a deeply held conviction that enlisted veterans have unlimited potential to leverage military service into enormous impact in higher education and beyond. At the age of 17, Ryan enlisted in the Marine Corps, culminating in two deployments to Iraq. Ryan then earned his bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from University of Virginia School of Law. Ryan also serves as vice president of partnerships of the Veterans Leadership Council, a working group lead of the Bush Institute’s Veteran Higher Education Task Force, and a council member for Teach for America Military Veteran Council.