Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | August 22, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 17 4 0 U N D E R F O R T Y DAVID B. ORTENDAHL Executive Director, Corporate Relations WPI University Advancement For achieving beyond his years. Great achievements are still to come. wpi.edu Congratulations Landry is a serial entrepreneur. In his mere 34 years on the planet, he has launched an artificial intelligence company, an art com- pany, a children's clothing and accessory company, and a property management company. But despite being a jack of all trades, Landry's bread and butter is food science. He has three degrees in the discipline – a bachelor's, master's, and a doctorate – and started teaching a course in food science at Boston University while studying for his doctorate at UMass Amherst, where he completed five additional first-author publications and one patent and taught the science of what you eat to undergraduates. In 2016, Landry joined Liberty Biose- curity in Virginia as a scientist, where he quickly rose up the ranks and became chief scientist. Last year, he was named the company's president and made the decision to bifurcate into two companies: Liberty and Delavie Sciences. Delavie is a consumer care products company, and its first item is expected to hit the market this year. Another company of his, artwork company Variable Editions, works with established artists to bring their work to the masses. - Profile written by Laura Finaldi What movie best encapsulates your personality? "Ghost- busters" – I love humor and science. What Central Mass. historical figure do you most admire? Robert Goddard. I really admire forward-thinking people who are not afraid of pressing boundaries. What is the key to your success? Willing to learn on the fly, believing in myself, and not taking no for an answer. When do you want to retire? Never officially. I like to keep busy. Kyle Landry, 34 President Delavie Sciences, in Worcester Residence: Whitinsville Birthplace: Providence, R.I. Colleges: Framingham State University, UMass Amherst Personally and professionally, Perrone's work for Worcester's Latinx community is immeasurable. Starting out in the city as a gradu- ate student at Clark, she contributed to local research about youth violence, teen pregnancy, and community justice. She has worked as a project manager for the Worcester commissioner of health and human services and a program coordinator for the Latino Education Institute at Worcester State University. In these roles, she managed a wide variety of responsibilities, including grant writing, after-school and educational programs, and COVID-19 emergency shelter and vaccine efforts in the city. Perrone is a board member for the Worcester Public Library Foundation, the League of Women Voters, Edward Street Child Service, the Main South Community Development Corp., United Way Women's Initiative Leadership Committee, and El Salón. She will happily facilitate youth programming at any time and offers college-readiness sessions at the Latino Ed- ucation Institute. She participates in fundraisers, phone banking, and door knocking for political candidates she believes in. - K.H. What is the best location in Central Mass.? Cafe Reyes, deli- cious food and incredible story founded in workforce development for Latino men in recovery. If you gave a keynote at a college graduation, what ad- vice would you give? Wherever you may end up, take the time to build community around you. Show up, listen, and learn. Community is medicine, and we need one another to uplift voices and visions to create a better equitable society for everyone. Look around to see who is missing from the table, and when the time is right, break that table so those who've been missing from our decision-making processes can create their own. Who would you like to meet in the next 15 years? The first Latina president of the United States! Domenica Perrone, 30 Director of community engagement and volunteering Clark University, in Worcester Residence: Worcester Birthplace: Guayaquil, Ecuador Colleges: Emerson College, Clark University

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