Sophia de Sousa
Chief Executive, The Glass-House Community Led Design
As Chief Executive at The Glass-House Community Led Design since 2005, Sophia is an impassioned champion of design quality and of design processes that empower people and organisations and that help communities thrive. Sophia is a leading advocate and enabler of community-led, participatory and co-design practice and research. She sits on a number of advisory groups and panels including the Historic England Urban Panel and the Civic Voice Design Awards, and has extensive experience in delivering hands-on training and support to community groups and professionals to enable collaborative placemaking.