Dr. Mary McBride became involved with the design management community in the 1990s working as a consultant for major design companies. She is an avid traveler, reader, speaker, and also the Chair of Graduate Department Design Management & Arts, Pratt Institute, NYC, USA. She has been nominated for an Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneers award and is the author of behavioral simulations, case studies, and articles. Her work has been featured in three books. Her new book-Mission 2030-Leading Life Centered Innovation with co-authors Maren Maier and Xue Bai will be available in the Fall of 2020. It is dedicated to all those who know that we can innovate our way to more equitable and prosperous futures and provides guidance on how to do that.

We are thrilled to have her with us to announce the winners of the famed Design X Awards and also to deliver an exciting keynote on Design X’s theme “Life In lockdown: Designing for the new normal”