Jo Unruh

Jo Unruh has experience in various fields including technology, publishing, finance, and government. Jo currently serves as CEO and Co-Founder of NiftyLit, a tech-enabled literary magazine and publishing company. Prior to this, they worked as a Writer and Graduate Student at Saint Mary's College and as a Senior Associate at TRAC, a quant VC firm. Jo also has experience in operations, process improvement, and technical writing at companies such as CoreLogic and Orca Maritime, where they served as a Sr. Consultant and Project Manager. Before joining the private sector, Jo served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer in the Navy for 10 years. Jo is a Tillman Scholar and graduate of the Leadership Program at CoreLogic.

Jo Unruh has obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in English Language and Literature/Letters from the United States Naval Academy. Jo is currently pursuing a Tillman Scholar degree from the Pat Tillman Foundation, with an expected completion year of 2022. Jo has also acquired a Master of Business Administration degree in Business Administration and Management from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Moreover, they have earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Saint Mary's College of California and has received training in Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. There is no information available about their educational experience at Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.