Dane Stangler is a director at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In this capacity, Stangler provides research and writing on a wide variety of subjects, including entrepreneurship, expeditionary economics, and cities. He initiated and manages the Kauffman Foundation Research Series on Firm Formation and Economic Growth, and contributes to the blog, Growthology. He also advises the Foundation’s president on matters relating to strategy and programming, and represents the Foundation at meetings and conferences around the country.
Stangler earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Truman State University, and a JD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His wife Katie works as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Children’s Mercy Hospital, and they have three boys: Liam, Gavin, and Dane.
