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Emily Ianacone serves as Deputy Director of the Innovation Team, while leading UX/HCD/visual design for OPI. She is a multidisciplinary designer on a mission to build a Baltimore with resident-centered services, a modern and standardized visual design language, and user-friendly forms, websites, and interfaces. She joined the team after design fellowships with the White House Presidential Innovation Fellows and Foster America. Prior to public service, Emily spent a decade crafting brands, experiences, and ad campaigns for nonprofits, higher ed, and small businesses.

In 2019, Emily started the city’s first monthly design skillshare series. She teaches in the combined MA/MBA program for MICA and Johns Hopkins University, and previously taught in the School of Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she earned a BFA in Graphic Design. She holds an MA in Social Design from MICA.