Landon Gary Young is a trans-disciplinary entrepreneur, researcher, and educator focused on high impact social innovation. Landon is the Director of Creativity and Innovation at William Jewell College, a position funded by the Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship. As a PhD researcher, Landon was a Kauffman Foundation Global Scholar and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow studying resiliency analysis of complex systems. Landon’s work in technology has been featured in TED Talks, at Google Headquarters, and on the Discovery Channel. He is also the Co-Founder of World Help Solutions (WHS), an international social impact collaborative that focuses on basic needs education in Africa, Central and South America, and the United States. In addition to WHS, Landon serves on several organizational boards and committees, including the World Economic Forum.
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