Kaitlin Archambault

About Kaitlin Archambault

Kaitlin Archambault is a systems architect, designer, creative director, & communications strategist with over a decade of experience growing and leading creative and product teams. She started her career in public media, branding and growing the reach and funding of NPR and PBS programs as a part of The Futuro Media Group. In 2013, she went on to found Brooklyn-based creative studio Incendiary Designs, which has built and grown nonprofit and social good brands on 5 continents. Kaitlin has worked to advance education policy and grown thought leadership programs for placement in outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Hill. With experiences that range from designing institutional-grade financial services platforms to leading global organizations through complex rebrands, Kaitlin recognizes that a truly design-driven approach takes into account issues of governance, compliance, and ethics. These days, she spends much of her time at the intersection between user experience, human behavior, and economics to ensure that emerging technologies—like blockchain and artificial intelligence—are thoughtfully constructed for the greater good. In 2021, she founded Open Future Coalition, a social enterprise committed to helping the global impact ecosystem strengthen its collaborative capacity by empowering the transparent exchange of capital, skills, and knowledge. They recently launched Open Impact, a network where impact organizations, donors, & community members can come together to match the right organizations with the right resources to maximize impact. Kaitlin’s background is in public art and grassroots movement building: she was part of the initial press push and benefit campaign around the imprisonment of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, and has taught art therapy at the women’s jail on Riker’s Island.Interests:• Applying systems thinking & economics to build incentive-aligned teams, products, & brands • Solving tough problems—like complex alignment processes with a lot of stakeholders, balancing community-stewarded funding models with institutional-grade risk & compliance, & governance for distributed orgs • Working at the intersection of politics, media, & education • Regenerative economic models & microfinance • Lean & scalable regulation & governance of emerging tech • Using emerging tech to empower & educate young people & citizen scientists

Experience

1. Advisor

   The Biofi Project

   Aug 2024 — Present

Education

• University of Connecticut

  BFA, BA, Studio Art: Illustration, Anthropology

  2007 — 2011