Lindsay Kinkade is an experimental urbanist, culture & design strategist, community-based leader, facilitator, designer, public artist, and teacher. She is the Founder and the leader of Design RePublic, a firm that works locally and nationally to build design strategies and tools for inspired and productive public dialogue on the future of cities. She has been a co-host of Phoenix Urban Design Week for three years.

In Phoenix, Lindsay is focused in particular on creative placemaking and transportation in Downtown Phoenix. She employs Design RePublic’s pop-up shop and Mobile Studio frameworks to engage broad public audiences, emerging leaders, and established stakeholders.