Nike Foundation’s flagship initiative, The Girl Effect (now an independent organization) was built on the belief that investing in girls creates a powerful ripple effect that impacts their family, community, country, and the world. We worked directly alongside girls to co-create life-changing products, services, and media, in a process we called “girl-centered design.” Girls were not treated as passive recipients but as active contributors to solutions, taking into account their nuanced lives and cultural context.

The results of the U.S. Census determine how political representation and billions in federal funding for schools, roads, hospitals and more are distributed across the U.S. We developed a nationwide series of design sprints, bringing creatives, advocacy organizations, and government officials together to create hyper-local campaigns for 2020 Census participation. This created a sense of ownership and civic engagement amongst community members, and helped counter dis- and misinformation online.

At the civic and philanthropic organization Unfinished, we were fueled by the belief that artists play a critical role in shaping a more ethical, equitable digital future. So we built a network of the world’s leading cultural institutions spanning six continents. We convened art curators, contemporary artists, social innovators, and technologists to learn from each other and develop boundary-pushing technologies and artworks. We launched our first in-person experience at the Venice Biennale.

Fringe Diplomacy explores the space just beyond the boundaries of states and governments' capacity and authority in international relations. With the Aspen Institute and Richardson Center for Global Engagement, we developed a cultural exchange and innovation incubator with U.S. and Cuban entrepreneurs, investors, and creatives in Havana. The very act of imagining and developing bold ideas together moved us beyond traditional diplomacy and fostered creative problem-solving and empathy at a critical time in U.S.-Cuba history.

The Unfinished Network (now Project Liberty Network) is a growing community of partners in technology, academia, social impact, and the arts — all with the shared mission to reimagine technology, culture, and governance to create a thriving multi-racial democracy and just economy. We developed programming like salons and workshops to help this network learn and grow together, and enacted collaborative “activations” — projects that explored the real-world impacts of emerging tech on democracy and society.

The award-winning Tiziano Project trained citizen journalists in conflict, post-conflict, and underreported regions to report their stories and improve their lives. We forged local and global partnerships to enable world-renowned journalists to train and collaborate with emerging young talent to hone their digital storytelling skills. In turn, this fostered job opportunities and brought to the world a more nuanced, holistic, and accurate view of regions that are typically mischaracterized.