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

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

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