Jared Lyon.

Jared Lyon is a doctoral student in the Social Science Ph.D. Program at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, where his research interests include federal higher education policy, the GI Bill and veterans in higher education. From 2016 to 2026 he was president and CEO of Student Veterans of America (SVA), overseeing its growth to more than 1,500 chapters in all 50 states and three countries, representing over 750,000 student veterans. He co-authored the National Veteran Education Success Tracker (NVEST) and led SVA's 2017 effort to pass the Forever GI Bill.

A U.S. Navy veteran, Lyon served as a submariner and diver, with multiple deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Before joining SVA's headquarters staff, he was national program manager for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families and managed Florida operations for the Washington Nationals. He holds a B.S. from Florida State University and an M.P.A. from the Maxwell School and is a 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholar.