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:
" I’m regularly pleasantly surprised by not having to explain a lot of the foundational concepts of design when working with others inside government. "
Theme Two Intro
November 17, 2022
" It's surprisingly hard to hire product managers and designers in government; I'm looking at how to unblock those system barriers. "
Civic Design in 2022
January 13, 2022
" Future-facing regulatory structures can avoid post-traumatic innovation by anticipating technology’s social impacts. "
Reflect and Chart Forward
December 10, 2021
" Without equity, you can only have design theater because it’s not really design if it’s not including everybody. "
Pipeline to Civic Design
December 9, 2021
" Our presenters have iterated on their talks to provide rich resources and new knowledge. "
Theme 2 Intro
December 9, 2021
" It can take hundreds of these contacts before they start to trust. "
Building a Design Culture
June 9, 2017
