Jason B.A. Van Camp

Executive Director, Co-Founder

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Biography

Jason is honored to be the Founder and Executive Director of Warrior Rising, helping veterans and their immediate family members find their purpose again through business ownership. Warrior Rising has assisted more than 40,000 veterans since its founding in 2015, raised more than $20 million dollars, and is grounded in the notion that success requires hard work and real altruism promotes dignity through a hand up, not a hand out.

Jason was born in Washington D.C. and raised in Springfield, Virginia. He attended and played football for the United States Military Academy at West Point. During that time, he also served a two-year Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints religious mission to Russia.

After graduating from West Point, Jason became a U.S. Army Ranger and a U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret, assuming a command with the 10th Special Forces Group. During his military career, Jason earned several awards, including the Bronze Star with V device for Valor, as well as two additional Bronze Stars during numerous combat rotations as a Special Forces Detachment Commander in the Middle East and Africa. In 2013, Jason earned his MBA from Brigham Young University and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Strategic Leadership. Jason medically retired from active duty in 2015 and began his next career as an entrepreneur.

Jason is also the founder and chairman CEO of Mission Six Zero, a leadership development firm that has assisted professional sports teams, Fortune 1000 corporate teams, and other organizations to fine-tune their leaders. He strongly believes in servant leadership, the art of determination, and the power of storytelling. Jason strives every day to live the motto of the U.S. Special Forces, "To Liberate the Oppressed". As a seasoned speaker, he has given hundreds of impactful talks to corporate conferences, trade organizations, governmental agencies, military units, and youth groups. Jason is currently pursuing his doctorate in strategic leadership.

As well as being a prolific world traveler, entrepreneur, a two-time Wall Street Journal, Amazon, and USA Today best-selling author of Deliberate Discomfort and Authority. Above all, however, Jason likes to be thought of as simply, a “good dude.”