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[[File:Kennard Family.jpg|thumb|link=Special:FilePath/Kennard_Family.jpg]]'''Luke Atticus Kennard '''’s life's mission statement is ": ''“Love God. Love peoplePeople; Inspire their significant contributions." Luke ”'' He believes that good [[File:Luke Atticus Kennard Profile Pic.JPG|thumb|Luke Atticus Kennard Profile Pic.JPG]]ideas come from God and that if He God wants something implemented on earth , it will happen one happen—one way or another. Luke believes in is passionate about making this the world a better place through bringing those by turning meaningful ideas into realityreal, impactful solutions.
Luke Atticus Kennard grew up He was raised in a home where both parents taught him the importance of that valued curiosity, creativity through art, good music, nature, and innovatingexploration. His mom would often take him on hikes and teach mother taught him about nature, birds , and plantsduring long hikes, while his dad would help him with father fueled his love for innovation through science experiments or creative projects some of which included a and hands-on projects—from lemon battery and a hover craftbatteries to hovercrafts. This foundation shaped Luke is into a real critical thinker who loves to solve enjoys solving complex problems. His drive is coming up with simple , people-centered solutions to real needs people have.
Luke Atticus Kennard married the Ashley Belnap, a fellow University Innovation Fellow and kindred creative spirit. Together, they share a love of his lifefor innovation, Janessa Furnessfamily, on May 25th 2016 and since that day life has never been dullservice. She has inspired him to reach his goals just as much as he has supported her Their journey is grounded in her endeavors. During the summer of 2017 they went to Boanefaith, Mozambique on an internship to support the lovely African people there. While therecuriosity, they formed and a foundation of service and faith shared commitment to using their talents for their future familygood. Since then  Luke achieved his life long dream of becoming is a proud father, an FAA-certified pilot , and used a passionate technologist. He once lived out his pilot's certificate to get a childhood dream job of flying drones by working in the unmanned aircraft industry. Luke works , testing autonomous drone systems for Loveland Innovations testing out their autonomous flying software. On He later pivoted into real estate and land development, helping families, investors, and communities build meaningful futures. While earning his degree in Technology Management at Utah Valley University (Class of 2019), Luke made a lasting mark through the University Innovation Fellows program. He led and contributed to projects such as the UVU Landscape Canvas, the Innovation Incubator, Touring UVU (a daily basis you can find him flying VR campus tour), and co-founded the UVUIF club CIT (Chief Innovation Team). He continues to blend design thinking into all areas of life—whether in his family’s creative “maker space,” in his entrepreneurial ventures, or in the way he mentors others. His son, Atticus, attended his first Regional UIF Meetup as a drone anywhere throughout Utah Valleybaby and has been proudly repping his future UIF onesie ever since.[[File:Humera and Atticus.jpeg|thumb|right|Humera and Atticus.jpeg]]
Luke has loved his formal education and he continues to study hard at Utah Valley University as a Technology Management Major and is on track to graduate Spring 2019. University Innovation Fellows has given Luke the opportunity to share his innovative passions with his fellow students and faculty champions. Some of the projects he has or is activly working on include: UVU 2018 Landscape Canvas, The Innovation Incubator, Touring UVU (a VR tour of UVU), UVUIF club CIT (Cheif Innovation Officer).
Luke and Janessa now have a son, Atticus John Kennard, born in April 2018. Both Luke and Janessa are implementing design thinking in their home. They have set up a maker space in their laundry room for rapid protoyping. Atticus has already attended his first Regional Meetup hosted by UVU where he meet Katie, Humera, and others. He is a future Innovation fellow, and proudly wears his future UIF onsie whenever he can. 
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