Allie Mahler

Biography

Allie Mahler is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sharehold, a multidisciplinary innovation agency that works with visionary organizations to undertake meaningful, sustainable transformation with, for, and by people. As an advocate and practitioner of human-centered design, Allie believes in the power of community and the humans within them to create positive impact in the world. Her clients have included the City of New York, Harvard University, The Wing, Austin College, the American Medical Association, NY Tech Alliance, Venture for America, and many more mission-driven organizations and their teams.

In her previous work life, Allie was the Experience Lead at IDEO, a founding team member at the Centre for Social Innovation, and the co-founder of Be Social Change. She’s worked with hundreds of nonprofits and social impact organizations to build their capacities and capabilities internally through hiring, teaching courses, hosting events and programming, and developing strategic plans. Allie started her career teaching ESL in India and Uganda, East Africa.

Allie is an Adjunct Professor in the Strategic Design and Management Program at Parsons School of Design and at the NYU’s School of Professional Studies where she teaches a Studio Course on Human Centered Design Strategy and Design Research. She is recognized as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum and frequently speaks about the power of leveraging design thinking in reimagining the impact of communities.