Ariel Kennan
Senior Fellow, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation
Ariel Kennan is a civic design and digital leader who works across sectors to drive impactful change. Currently, Ariel is a Senior Fellow at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University, where she is researching and advising on best practices for using design, data, and technology for improving the social safety net. Previously, she served in the New York City Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity where she was the founding director of the first municipal service design studio in the United States and led the digital product portfolio. Most recently, she was the Director of Civic Innovation at Sidewalk Labs, where she led the strategy for inclusive participation in the social infrastructure of cities. She is passionate about the global network of civic designers and is the lead curator for the Rosenfeld Media Civic Design Conference and Community and co-founder of the Civic Design Library. Learn more and get in touch at arielkennan.com.
Rosenverse talks by Ariel:
" We’ll hear about creating healthy cultures and ways of working across many organizational silos, including vendors. "
Theme Two Intro
November 17, 2022
" We have to shift from mechanistic linear thinking to complex systems thinking. "
Civic Design in 2022
January 13, 2022
" Our job as civic designers is to bring government needs and community needs into alignment. "
Reflect and Chart Forward
December 10, 2021
" You can make an impact by speaking the language of the people you’re talking to—using plain language instead of jargon. "
Pipeline to Civic Design
December 9, 2021
" Design procurement itself can be designed to get the best responses through inclusive processes. "
Theme 2 Intro
December 9, 2021
" It would have been really easy for the program manager for street homelessness to say no, but instead she gave us access. "
Building a Design Culture
June 9, 2017
