Yi supports individuals and organizations to reimagine during times of uncertainty or injustice and create new possibilities for equity and flourishing. Yi does this work as an artist, coach, educator and facilitator. In the sphere of design and social innovation, over the past 10 years Yi has worked with a variety of social impact organizations and was the Social Innovation Program Director at VIA in California and led trainings for changemakers from across Asia and the United States. Today, Yi continues to create workshops and programs in support of movements for just and thriving communities including a recent project coaching and building the Family Centered Design ecosystem with the Early Learning Lab. For the past five years, Yi has also worked with the Berrett-Koehler (BK) Foundation to innovate its program and staffing structure while creating programs that connect community changemakers to each other and the ideas and authors of Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Yi is currently the co-chair of the BK Foundation board and an incoming member of the BK Publishers board.
As a lifelong creative and a certified coach, Yi also supports individuals to deepen their connection to their creative source and inner compass. Personal creative time is what fuels Yi’s social innovation and reimagining work, so you will probably find Yi in the studio painting, dancing or making books and always with arts and crafts supplies to share.
Yi Zhang (Advisory Board)
