Panthea Lee

Panthea Lee is a multifaceted professional dedicated to social change and innovation. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Reboot, an organization that helps communities expand collective imagination.124

Professional Background:

• Pioneer in designing multi-stakeholder processes to address complex social challenges, with experience in 30+ countries2
• Previously worked with UNICEF Innovation as a researcher and designer focusing on technology to reduce global development inequities2
• Earlier career included journalism and cultural production, serving as executive editor of China's largest English-language magazine2

Key Achievements:

• Led global co-design processes resulting in initiatives to:
  • Protect human rights defenders
  • Tackle public sector corruption
  • Strengthen participatory democracy
  • Advance equity in open knowledge movement2

Recognition and Affiliations:

• Her work has been featured by prominent media outlets like Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, and The New York Times2
• Lectured at prestigious universities including Columbia, Harvard, and New York Universities2
• Serves on boards of AIGA Design for Democracy and Development Gateway2

Personal Background:

• Born in Taiwan and immigrated to Canada at age six
• Alumni of McGill University
• Uses she/they pronouns3

Panthea is passionate about facilitating collaborations between communities, activists, movements, and institutions to address structural inequity.2