Izosa Ize-Iyamu

Navy SEAL, US Navy - 6 years of service

Harvard Business School / M.B.A.

Izosa is the child of an immigrant parent and grew up in a handful of locations across the United States. He attended St. John’s University from which he graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Computer Science. Deeply impacted by the attacks on 9/11, he joined the U.S. Navy in 2008 where he pursued a career in Naval Special Warfare. He completed BUD/S with class 278 in 2009 and was subsequently assigned to SEAL Team THREE where he completed deployments to Yemen and Afghanistan. In 2014, after six years of service, Izosa planned to transition into the reserve component and pursue an MBA through Harvard Business School. When it became evident that the ISIS threat would require American intervention, he declined his offer of admission and chose to remain in active duty service to help abate the proliferation of ISIS. His final two deployments were both to Iraq, where he led joint-service teams in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Now ready for the next chapter of his life, Izosa will pursue both an MBA through Harvard Business School and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science through the Georgia Institute of Technology.