Lily James Olds

Biography

Lily is director of the TED Fellows program, a dynamic fellowship of innovators. She helps individuals — astrophysicists to artists, doctors to entrepreneurs — strategically communicate their big ideas, and amplify them on the global stage, in order to create greater impact. She believes deeply in the necessity of nurturing creative and collaborative ecosystems in order to solve our world’s most pressing problems.

Lily is also a theater director and visual artist whose work has received recognition across multiple fields. She is a two-time recipient of the Princess Grace Award (honoring extraordinary emerging artists). She received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and has taught courses, workshops, and been a guest artist at numerous universities. lilyjamesolds.com