Panthea Lee

Co-founder and Principal
Panthea’s work focuses on the practical applications of design and technology in international development. Specializing in design research, she has conducted studies in countries such as Afghanistan, Indonesia, Jordan, and Suriname. She works with ethnographers, designers, and diverse subject experts to translate field data into effective services and programs.

Before founding Reboot, Panthea was with UNICEF’s innovation practice working on a variety of technology for development initiatives. At UNICEF, her portfolio ranged from country-specific to global in nature. Highlights included helping launch Palestine’s first open-source software community and developing new models for engaging the mobile sector in support of development aims.

Panthea’s career began as a journalist and event producer in Canada and China. She contributed to publications such as the Shanghai Business Review and the China Economic Review on topics relating to press freedom sustainable development, and hosted community events both independently and in partnership with organizations including Pecha Kucha, TED, and TIME.

Panthea has researched and lectured on organizational theory at McGill University. She has also advised graduate courses at the Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Steinhardt School at NYU, and at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She is a faculty member at PopTech’s social innovation fellowship program.

Follow Panthea on Twitter: @PantheaLee.