Lee-Sean Huang

Lee-Sean Huang is the Senior Director of Design Learning and Programs at AIGA, the oldest professional association for design in the United States. He is also the cofounder and creative director of Foossa, a design and innovation consultancy. He teaches design, social innovation, and futures thinking at the Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts.

Lee-Sean’s career in communications and community-building began when he was a student at Harvard, where he studied Government and engaged as a community organizer and human rights activist. He later honed his campaigning and organizing skills running online-centered campaigns for Avaaz and Human Rights Watch. Prior to co-founding Foossa, Lee-Sean was the founding member of the design team at Purpose, a public-benefit consultancy that builds movements and new power models to tackle the world’s biggest problems. He has written for publications including GOOD Magazine, Fast Company, and the Huffington Post.

Lee-Sean was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduating with a degree in Government from Harvard, Lee-Sean worked as an ALT in Nakatsu-shi, Oita-ken from 2003 to 2006. After JET, he moved to New York City, where he completed a masters in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU. He began serving as webmaster of JETAANY in 2006, and joined the JETAANY non-profit board in 2018. He also serves as a board member of UAW Local 7902, the union that represents academic workers at NYU and The New School. He now splits his time between New York City and Providence, Rhode Island. Outside of work, Lee-Sean enjoys photography, keeping up with his Nihongo, and performing with the Providence Improv Guild and the Rhode Island Gay Men’s Chorus.