Robert Sarver

About the Author

Lieutenant (SEAL) Robert Sarver is a 2004 graduate of the US Naval Academy, where he transferred after attending the Virginia Military Institute. He initially served as a surface warfare officer and ultimately as a Navy SEAL assigned to SEAL Team 3, where he completed seven deployments, including three tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and two tours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Rob’s military awards and decorations include: The Bronze Star Medal with combat “V” device and oak leaf cluster, the Joint Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon with gold star device and various other personal and unit awards. Rob has served in multiple leadership and executive positions since leaving the military in 2013 with organizations including Goldman Sachs, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Employer Direct Solutions, Sycamore Tree Capital Partners, and is presently serving as the Chief Operating Officer of MicroTraks, Inc and WildLife Partners, and other entrepreneurial ventures. Rob also completed his Executive MBA with a major in Entrepreneurial Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in May 2016.
 
Alex Gendzier is a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, where he is a senior advisor to the VALOR Group, which provides pro bono legal services to veterans and their families, and where he has led his law firms’ efforts to assist Afghan allies and friends. Although Alex has no military experience, his own journey through losses and life transitions, sense of his own successes and failures, and desire to make a contribution to our service members and their families led to his collaboration with Rob Sarver.