Ashleigh Axios

Ashleigh Axios is the founder and CEO of Public Servants LLC, a civic innovation consultancy focused on strengthening public institutions and community well-being through design, research, and communication. She previously served as Creative Director and Digital Strategist in the Obama White House, co-led the government-focused consultancy Coforma, and directed brand and marketing initiatives at Automattic. Axios is a trustee of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), her alma mater, and a former president of AIGA and AIGA Washington, D.C., where she launched DotGov Design to support and connect government designers. Her current work explores how design practice, institutional trust, and civic participation intersect in the 21st century.