Welcome! I'm Will Holger Hansen, and I've spent the last decade making an impact by bringing people together and applying creative problem-solving skills to entrepreneurial and volunteer contexts.
See my Executive Summary page for an overview of this work, or scroll down to learn more about my background.
Now, I Am Working On:
1. Making a tangible and measured impact toward solving local and global challenges.
2. Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] and indicators that intersect impact with my areas of expertise and interest, such as:
---- SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
---- SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
---- SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.
---- SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
3. Specifically, I'm focused on projects that enable:
- Bringing people together, bridging societal gaps, and building common ground.
- Empowering individuals and strengthening communities.
- Using my creative skills to solve problems that demand novel solutions.
Press Coverage
Check out the 2019 Article I was featured in: "What It’s Really Like to Be a High-End Personal Trainer" by Jon Marcus on Medium's Elemental.
And a more recent article in the Boston Globe, "More people are looking to travel on the cheap — and discovering it’s priceless." It features my experience and perspectives from traveling while helping others with labor and skills in exchange for having a place to stay and to share meals, in a spirit of mutual aid and cultural exchange through Workaway
Also, check out a feature the French Library or Alliance Française of Boston and Cambridge ran about me in 2020.
And there's always more about sweet potatoes... here's a radio interview I did on Talk of the Commonwealth with Hank Stolz in 2020 right after starting Sweetness: The Just Food Co.
Speaking, Podcast Hosting, and Panel Moderating
In the Spring of 2025, Led a Keynote Presentation on Food Systems and participated in a panel on the role of food in public health at Boston Green Academy
Moderated the Discussion "Why is Sport Important for Development?" in the September 2021 Youth SDG Summitby UNITE 2030
Organized and Moderated the Panel "Sport: Empowering Young People to Be Changemakers" in the June 2021 Youth SDG Summit by UNITE 2030
Co-moderated the October 2020 Virtual Panel "Uniting in Hope #UN75" and Led the Education and Advocacy Session "Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems"(slides linked)as a part of the Fall 2020 UNA-USA Emerging Leaders Fellowship
Moderated the April 2019 Panel: "#Motivation Panel Workshop" at the Revolution Hotel in Boston
Moderated the December 2018 Panel: "Home is Where the Health is! Innovators Panel on In-Home Wellness Solutions" at Workbar Boston
Hosted and produced the Podcast "Golden Home Fitness Radio" from 2017 to 2019, including the audio recordings from the above two panels (linked).
Academic Training:
Academic Training: Boston University's Questrom School of Business, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), with Concentrations in Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship. Additional coursework and research in Human Physiology, Health and Life Sciences Management, Social Enterprise Management, and International Management
Continuing Education and Certifications
How to Create a Climate Venture (Harvard iLab), 2025
Introduction to Sports for Climate Action (UN Climate Change), 2025
Healing-Centered Sport (Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport). 2024
Digital Facilitation in Synchronous Events (International Training Centre of the ILO), 2024
Becoming a Gender-Equitable Leader in Sports (adidas Breaking Barriers Academy), 2023
Mental Health Awareness for Sport & Physical Activity (UK Coaching), 2021
Certificate in Exercise Nutrition, Pn1 (Precision Nutrition), 2020
ServSafe Manager (National Restaurant Association), 2020
Additive Manufacturing for Innovative Design & Production (MIT xPRO) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 2020
Making Social Media Matter: Principles & Practices for Big Data (Boston University), 2017
CSCS - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (National Strength & Conditioning Association), 2019
Reflexive Performance Reset - Level 2 (RPR), 2018
NSCA-CPT - Certified Personal Trainer (National Strength & Conditioning Association), 2014
CPR/AED and First Aid (American Red Cross), 2014