Dr. Otlhogile-Gordon (he/him) is an innovation catalyst, researcher, facilitator, and evaluator, impassioned by the space between transformation and liberation.

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Dr. Otlhogile-Gordon has taught courses in design, evaluation, international development, and equity across four continents, co-designed partnerships, products, and services with local and international changemakers to support social change, and researched the complexity, evaluation, and emergence of design and innovation across the world.

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His past experiences include conducting ethnographic analyses and facilitation projects in the Botswana Innovation ecosystem; co-founding Reflex Design Collective, an equity design consultancy that's worked for creative social justice in the Bay Area; and serving as the Inaugural Innovation Fellow in Residence at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub.

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Dr. Otlhogile-Gordon—who holds a B.S. in Applied Physics from Morehouse College, and an M.A. and PhD in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley—is currently the Director of the Equity Innovation studio at Think Rubix, a Black-led social innovation consultancy shaping our collective futures.