HCD Exchange

Building and launching an international design community

Client

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Children Investment Fund Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Role

Team lead, Venture Builder

Year

2018 - 2019

Industry

Global health

Concept

HCD Exchange is a knowledge hub dedicated to exploring how human-centered design (HCD) can improve sexual and reproductive health needs and rights for youth and adolescents.

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Team

Impact

I was the overall project lead from convening to concepting and launching HCD Exchange. I led a team of three, working closely with the three funders, and a larger community base to conceptualize this initiative.

HCD Exchange was awarded multi-million dollar funding by the three funders (Gates Foundation, CIFF, Hewlett Foundation) and was spun out as a standalone initiative. HCD Exchange is now the first and largest global knowledge platform for HCD x ASRH (adolescent sexual reproductive health), with a large and engaged community base.