Managing Director + Director of Communications, IDEO.org
Shauna is a researcher, writer, and designer who believes in the power of human stories to inspire great design and bring about social change.
In her role as Executive Design Director & Chief Communications Officer, Shauna’s work centers around storytelling—working alongside design teams and communities to surface insights that unlock new possibilities, create narratives that inspire change, and craft stories that honor the people at the heart of our work.
In prior roles at IDEO.org, Shauna has served as Managing Director and co-lead of our NY studio, as well as the Director of our Amplify program, where she led a program focused on supporting social entrepreneurs to launch and grow new services in health care, education, humanitarian delivery and more.
Prior to joining IDEO.org, Shauna worked to expand access to quality education and health care at organizations like Room to Read and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. She also spent time working for a number of mission-driven startups in Europe and the San Francisco Bay Area.
A social scientist at heart, Shauna holds a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Early Childhood to Primary Education • Economic Opportunity • Education • Financial Services • Health • Health Delivery • Human Rights • International Justice • Livelihoods • Peace • Peace and Human Rights • Secondary Education • Smallholder Productivity • Women's and Girls' Education
Caribbean, Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa
