Rye Barcott is an American social entrepreneur, investor, and author with a background in the U.S. Marine Corps. He has founded and led organizations focused on leadership development and civic engagement across different contexts. While serving in the Marine Corps, Barcott co-founded CFK Africa, a youth leadership and public health organization based in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. The organization operates on a locally led model in one of Kenya's largest informal settlements. Barcott is the co-founder and CEO of With Honor, a cross-partisan organization dedicated to reducing political polarization by supporting principled veteran candidates seeking public office. The organization works to bring veteran leadership into government across party lines. As an author, Barcott has written It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace, published in 2011, and Courage Can Save US: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future, published in 2026.