Wilhelm Meya

Wilhelm Meya is an American social entrepreneur and international nonprofit leader. He is renowned for his work preserving and protecting endangered indigenous languages. As Founder & CEO of The Language Conservancy (TLC), he has grown a network of over a dozen related organizations that work to support endangered languages and build linguistic capacity & infrastructure. Mr. Meya has worked hard to forge numerous alliances between his organization and governmental agencies as well as educational institutions.

Wilhelm K. Meya has received many acknowledgements and awards for societal and scientific achievement for his work in language preservation. In 2005, he established The Language Conservancy (TLC) and currently serves as the non-profits CEO. Wil is a graduate of Indiana University with his Master of Science in Anthropology. He received an M.A. from the University of Arizona as well. While in a Ph.D. program in 2002, he partnered with linguist, Jan Ulrich, and eventually established the Lakota Language Consortium.