ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT WILLIAM WINELAND DALTON, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, United States | Advancing SDG 2 & UNAI 1
" I'm excited to be a Millennium Fellow because there’s nothing more energizing than being surrounded by people who care as deeply about their work as you do. That kind of passion sparks ideas you can’t create alone, and it’s what inspires the way I approach my own work. Living with food allergies myself, I saw early on how often hunger solutions stop at simply providing food, without asking if that food is safe for everyone. That’s why I focus on food insecurity through the lens of allergies: to make sure every person not only gets a meal, but a meal they can eat with confidence and joy. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: SAFE (Supplying Allergy Food and Education)
SAFE (Supplying Allergy Food and Education) is an organization dedicated to supporting individuals who have food allergies and face food insecurity, helping them live healthier and safer lives by providing allergy-safe food and food allergy-related education. The target audience includes people with food allergies who are also food insecure. During the project, five new individuals were successfully onboarded into SAFE. This involved a careful and time-intensive process of identifying trustworthy team members and providing thorough training so they could take on responsibilities effectively. This expansion strengthened the organization’s capacity to serve the community and advance its mission of promoting food safety and awareness for vulnerable populations.
About the Millennium Fellow
William Dalton is a junior at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, studying Finance and AI for Business with a minor in Sustainability and Environmental Management. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, he has blended his passion for strategy and social impact through roles in consulting, nonprofit leadership, and mentorship.
William founded Supplying Allergy Food and Education (SAFE), the first nonprofit focused on delivering allergy-safe food to food-insecure families, now expanded across nine states. On campus, he serves as Vice President of Corporate Relations for the Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Club and as an Executive Director for Wharton Cohorts, leading community-building initiatives for hundreds of students. He has also worked on global consulting projects with the World Health Organization and LotusAI, advising on health strategy and AI transformation.
He aspires to continue building a career at the intersection of business, innovation, and impact, while carrying forward his belief in making communities more inclusive and sustainable.
