This is the redesign of the world. I would even argue it’s the redesign of humanity.
Maurice Woods knows design can change lives and communities.
The Executive Director/Founder of the Inneract Project, an organization dedicated to providing free design education to inner-city youth, and to helping aspiring designers pursue careers through higher education, Maurice created the design education framework which serves as the program’s core curriculum and provides leadership for volunteer staff, helps set organization and education policy and develops IP’s strategic vision.
A graduate of the University of Washington (BFA and MFA in Visual Communication Design), Maurice played basketball as an undergraduate and professionally worldwide for seven years before returning to UW to earn his master’s degree. Since graduating, he has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at multiple colleges, lectured nationally and internationally and contributed to various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal.
Currently a Senior Designer at Yahoo!, Maurice previously worked as a designer at Pentagram Design, where he created extensive identity, retail, exhibit and interactive programs for clients such as Nike, Greyhound, Symantec, Priceline.com, and Google. He has won multiple design awards, been featured in numerous publications and is a Jefferson Award winner. He has served as Co-Chair of Education for the AIGA San Francisco and nationally as a Board of Advisor for the Diversity Archive Collection Exhibition, and currently sits on the board for Design Ignites Change.
As a Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Dr. Jessica R. Metcalfe is connected to a rich design heritage.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Arizona, Jessica wrote her doctoral dissertation on Native designers of high fashion (which she’s currently adapting into a book), is the main author of Beyond Buckskin, a web site focused on all topics related to Native American fashion, and is the owner of the Beyond Buckskin Boutique, which promotes and sells Native-made couture, streetwear, jewelry, and accessories.
A presenter and lecturer at numerous national conferences, museums and co-curated exhibitions, she’s taught courses in American Indian studies, studio art, art history, and literature at tribal colleges and state universities. Her current work focuses on Native American art, clothing, and design from all time periods, with an emphasis on contemporary artists.
@beyondbuckskin
Suzanne Hunt is all about the energy transition.
The Founder of Washington, DC-based Hunt Green LLC, she provides strategic advising on transportation, energy, agriculture and the environment, and serves as Senior Advisor to the Carbon War Room where she leads their work on aviation and renewable fuels. Suzanne has designed an alternative aviation fuels competition for XPRIZE, and her former clients include private equity firms, UN bodies, government agencies, clean tech start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, NGOs and other innovators.
Suzanne currently sits on the advisory boards of Business for the Planet, the Latin American Council on Renewable Energy, and the Regional Biofuels Technical & Knowledge Center (CHIBAS) in Haiti. She’s also a member of Air New Zealand’s Sustainability Advisory Board and is an Associate at the International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy(IINAS) in Germany.
From 2005-07 Suzanne directed the Worldwatch Institute’s bioenergy program, where she orchestrated the landmark research initiative and resulting book, Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Energy and Agriculture. She also drove (with a film crew) a biofuel-powered 1981 Volkswagon across the U.S. and Central America in a charity road rally, visiting sustainable biofuel producers along the way. In 2011, she competed in a zero emission road rally in Norway in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.
A founding advisor to the annual Art Center Sustainable Mobility Summit and the Climate Lab, Suzanne holds a BS in Environmental Science from Penn State and master’s degrees in International Affairs and Natural Resource Management from American University and the UN’s University for Peace in Costa Rica. In her spare time she’s engaged with the implementation of sustainability practices at her family’s seventh generation upstate New York farm and winery, Hunt Country Vineyards, is also a singer/songwriter, and is a Co-Founder of The Unity Concert.
@HuntGreen
Kel Smith’s goal is to remove barriers that separate people from fundamental human needs. A longtime advocate for the disenfranchised technology consumer, Kel is principal of Anikto LLC, a design innovation company.
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