Bio

As a design leader, Audrey has experience building and scaling design teams from the ground up, pivoting design and product strategies to deliver more value for users, helping teams and Fortune 100 companies create transformational experiences. Audrey is also an established public speaker who has presented on topics of design leadership, building empathy for users, and connecting teams to the purpose of their work. In her current role as the Head of Design at Lyft, Audrey leads a cross-disciplinary team to craft the end-to-end experiences for all users across digital and hardware products. Prior to Lyft, Audrey led Design at Thumbtack, where she scaled the team and co-led a rebrand and product strategy shift. Before that, she was a Managing Creative Director at SYPartners where she led the design of SYP’s self-branded product business, designed SYP's very first consumer digital product, Unstuck, and crafted products and strategies for clients such as Oprah, Kiva, IBM, and Starbucks. Outside of work, Audrey is busy being a mom, a maker, and a hiker. Specialties: Design strategy, UX design, product design, visual design, user research, product development, systems thinking, creative leadership, team building and management, coaching and mentoring.