Trevor Johnson Trevor Johnson Areas of Expertise Equity and inclusion, Food justice, Regenerative design Moving to Michigan from Washington State has shown me that place matters for all health outcomes. As a 27-year citizen of Ferndale, Michigan, I have contributed to the local food movement throughout the state and have established myself as a Permaculture …
Umesh Pandya Umesh Pandya Areas of Expertise Collaborative design, Digital products and applications, Futures Umesh Pandya is a designer driven by using design and technology to solve problems that matter. In 2015 while working at ustwo, he co-founded Wayfindr, a multi-award-winning, social tech, not-for-profit that empowers vision-impaired people to navigate the world independently. In 2017 …
Umi Baden-Powell Umi Baden-Powell Areas of Expertise Access and inclusion, Architecture, Arts and culture British Dominican architectural designer activist and creative strategist Umi Baden-Powell working across complex social contexts in the UK and the Global South. Educated at UCL, the Royal College of Art and alumni of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, a design-led …
Ushma Samani Ushma Samani Areas of Expertise Architecture , Development and Value, Urban Regeneration Ushma is a Principal Development Manager at Network Rail, leading major strategic developments to complement rail enhancement projects. Her role delivers socio-economic benefits to otherwise publicly funded, operational cases through, design leadership, land assembly and working with developers and landowners, local …
Usman Haque Usman Haque Areas of Expertise Community technology platforms, Interactive architecture, Networked urban environments Trained as an architect, Usman is founder and creative director of Umbrellium, a London-based design & build studio dedicated to transforming urban environments. His work embraces many disciplines, including design, architecture, the internet of things, urban community infrastructure, and large-scale …
Sheena Raeburn Sheena Raeburn Areas of Expertise Building with Nature, Climate resilience, Health and wellbeing A Chartered Landscape Architect, Director / co-founder of RaeburnFarquharBowen. She provides expertise to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and is on the Register of Specialist Services for Natural Environment; she is a Design Panel member for Architecture + Design Scotland …
Silvia Gullino Silvia Gullino Areas of Expertise Community-led design, Research, Spatial planning I am Associate Professor in City Making. I lead the Planning Team at Birmingham City University and the MPlan/BSc Property Development and Planning and teach on several modules of the MA Planning Built Environments modules (Placemaking, Development Project and Professional Practice).
Simon Hudspith Simon Hudspith Areas of Expertise Heritage and conservation, Teaching, Urban design Simon gained professional experience at the Terry Farrell Partnership and ORMS prior to setting up Panter Hudspith Architects in 1988. His architectural focus has been on the design of contemporary buildings in historic settings and more recently the design of high quality …
Sophia de Sousa Sophia de Sousa Areas of Expertise Building empowerment and social value into design , Community engagement, participation and leadership in design, User-led design for the built environment Sophia has been Chief Executive at The Glass-House Community Led Design since 2005 and is an impassioned champion of design quality and place equity. She …
Sophie Dennis Sophie Dennis Areas of Expertise Business development, Collaborative design, Digital products and applications Sophie specialises in user-centred service design and digital product strategy. Passionate about the transformative power of human-centred design for organisations and society, she has over 20 years’ experience leading multi-disciplinary teams on strategic digital service and product development projects for, …
