Jay Platt is a highly accomplished adventure athlete, and director of the "No Matter What!" Foundation.

Jay's fundraising supports a variety of organizations including the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, American Cancer Society, and many others.

Jay served for fifteen years as a United States Marine. Enlisting in the Marine Corps at age 17, he saw duty worldwide, from Parris Island to Southeast Asia, and various points between.

In the fall of 1998, Jay's Marine Corps career was brought to an end when complications from a rare cancer syndrome forced his medical retirement as as a Gunnery Sergeant.

Since his retirement from the Marine Corps, Jay has worked to make a difference in the lives of others by raising hundreds of thousands of dollars through various fundraising adventures.

In 1999, he completed a grueling southbound thru-hike of the more than 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail, becoming one of fewer than 300 people, at the time, ever to have done so.

In 2005, he swam Alcatraz Island to San Francisco (with his hands and feet tied!) becoming one of only three people in history to complete the difficult swim in such a way.

And in 2011, he became the only person in history to swim across the Mississippi River while blindfolded, handcuffed, and shackled!

Jay has been written about in numerous magazines and news-papers, and has been a guest on every major TV network and on dozens of radio shows.

As a speaker and coach, his diverse clientele includes the National Institutes of Health, IBM, TAP Pharmaceuticals, and the United States Naval Academy.

Jay is the author and co-author of several books and audio programs, including his latest: No Matter What! How to be Unstoppable, Despite the Obstacles, Starting Today.

Although a Georgia native, he resides in eastern South Carolina where he lives and loves life with his wife, Paz, and their dogs, Sadie and Molly.