Presenters

Nick Adam

Associate Partner & Design Director | Span

Ruth Aguilar

Senior Ligas Family Advocate

Weslynne Ashton

Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability & Food Systems Action Lab Co-Director

Sharon Bautista

Qualitative Research Manager | Code for America

Anne H. Berry

Director, School of Design | University of Illinois Chicago

Elizabeth Blasius

Architectural Historian and Partner | Preservation Futures

Sara Cantor

Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director | Greater Good Studio

Chandra Christmas-Rouse

Director | Metropolitan Planning Council

Summer Coleman

Design Director | Severe Side Productions & Summer Coleman Design

Cecilia Cuff

Founder | The Nascent Group

Cheryl Dahle

Climate Initiative Manager

Katherine Darnstadt

Founding Principal | Latent

Lucía Garcés Dávila, MA

Participatory Design Facilitator and Educator

Shannon Downey aka Badass Cross Stitch

Art Activist

William Estrada

Multidisciplinary Artist and Educator

Amira Hegazy

Adjunct Associate Professor | University of Illinois Chicago

Luce James

Design Strategist | Ascendant

Emma Jasinski

Senior Community Designer | Design Trust Chicago

Ahmad Jitan

Director of Organizing and Advocacy | IMAN

Andrés Lemus-Spont & Marya Spont-Lemus

Co-Creators | ¡Anímate! Studio

Clio Lyons

Operations Manager | Design Trust Chicago

Nermin Moufti & Kristin Lueke

Co-Founders | Field of Practice

Jessica Meharry

Visiting Assistant Professor

Dimitri Nesbitt

Knowledge Mobilization Specialist | Center for Racial and Disability Justice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Dave Pabellon

Associate Professor of Graphic Design | Columbia College Chicago

Heather Snyder Quinn

Assistant Professor of Design & Design Futurist | DePaul University & The Parallel Futures Design Lab

Nicole Robinson

Chief Executive Officer | YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Rafa Robles

Co-Founder and Director | Duo

Alex Stark

Artist, Curator, and Queer Disability Advocate