OUR TEAM

Social change
takes more than one kind of expertise.

We bring together a global network of 100+ consultants and agencies to bring the right mix of expertise in design, engineering and strategy to every project.

CORE TEAM

PAMELA SILVA DÍAZ
Executive Director

HALEEMAH SADIAH
Design Lead

COLLEEN SARIHAN
Operations Director

SHANNON DEMPSEY
CPA, Accountant

EMILY POLER
Legal Counsel

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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LAUREN PETERS
Chair of Board of Directors,
Catapult Design

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RAJIV BHATIA
Physician, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs & Health Innovator

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SCOTT BOYLSTON
Graduate Coordinator, Design for Sustainability Program, SCAD

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MADIHA KOTB
Past President,
ASME

RECENT DESIGN PARTNERS AND CONSULTANTS

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BRIAN SKEET DESIGN STUDIO
Multidisciplinary Creative
Arizona, USA

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DERZ CONSULTING
Design Research and Strategy
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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DOTS
Saas Data Platform
Bangalore, India

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INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE
Workforce Development
Arizona, USA

SPINDLE DESIGN
Design and Research
Nairobi, Kenya

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PAUKWA HOUSE
Narrative and Content Creation
Nairobi, Kenya

DODO DESIGN
Service Design and Research
Lagos, Nigeria

YUX DESIGN
Research and Design
Senegal

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PUBLIC DESIGN BUREAU
Service Design and Research
Missouri, USA

KIRAN JOAN
Illustrator
United States

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SIMRAN MONGA
Design Consultant,
HieCo Design Lab, Dubai

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RIKTA KRISHNASWAMY
Design Researcher
Delhi, India

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UNMESH KULKARNI
Oceanic Circles Impact Collective, India