Alex Johnston

Alex Johnston is a civic designer and social entrepreneur. In 2014, Alex founded Cities Reimagined, a civic design firm that employs principles of design to solve complex challenges in urban cities. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics with a Master’s Degree in Cities.

Alex started her career as a social worker, working with at-risk mothers and their babies. On one memorable occasion at the local Department of Social Services, Alex watched her client wrestle a food stamps application so long that it touched the floor. From that moment on, Alex has been obsessed with solving civic problems by placing users at the center of the design process.

Alex is currently based in Detroit, Michigan. She serves as the CEO of Cities Reimagined and is a Senior Fellow for the Institute of Social Innovation at Babson College in Boston.