Ana Maria Pinto da Silva

An accomplished designer, technologist, and educator, MHCI+D Director and Associate Teaching Professor Ana Pinto da Silva is committed to advancing the role designers, engineers and researchers play in the development of future-defining innovation. In addition to her work as an educator, Ana is also the CEO and founder of 2G3R, delivering innovative home and community solutions that help people of all ages and abilities thrive. She has led early-stage design innovation initiatives traversing healthcare, education, civics, shopping, and productivity for Amazon, Microsoft, NBBJ, and is a lecturer and contributor to the Design Intelligence Leadership Institute. Inspired by the power of leadership through community, Ana is the founder of the Seattle Pecha Kucha speaker series, the founding co-chair of the Harvard GSD’s global Design Impact initiative, and serves on the board of directors for the Harvard GSD MDE program, the Harvard GSD Alumni Council, Leadership Tomorrow, Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry, the Nehemiah Initiative Seattle and the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park Committee.