Braden Crooks

Project Creation Consultant, Housing

Braden Crooks has over a decade of experience in leadership roles within the space of human-centered design. He is a founding partner at Designing the We (dtW), a for-purpose design studio supporting community, social, and economic development. dtW are the creators of the nationally renowned exhibit, Undesign the Redline. The dtW team designs plans, programs, policies, and enterprises together with local communities, governments, institutions, and organizations who are dealing with deep crises, from the history of Redlining to the future of work.

Braden is Chair of the board of The New York State Sustainable Business Council, which represents over 3,000 businesses championing an equitable and sustainable economy in New York State. Braden graduated from the innovative program MS Design and Urban Ecologies at Parsons, has taught ecological thinking in urban issues, and produced a live audience web series about art and activism in New York City.

He lives and gardens in Brooklyn, NY.