Jason Pearson is president and CEO of GreenBlue, a research and design institute that asks: How can we design, prototype, and realize sustainable products and systems in specific industry sectors?

Jason Pearson is president and CEO of GreenBlue, a research and design institute that asks: How can we design, prototype, and realize sustainable products and systems in specific industry sectors? Jason is a specialist in the field of applied design innovation, with particular emphasis on design as an instrument for positive social and environmental change. In addition to working professionally as a designer, he has coordinated design grant making at the National Endowment for the Arts and served as a program director for The Summit Foundation, supporting sustainable design innovation. His research and publications on progressive design and business practice include the book, "University-Community Design Partnerships: Innovations in Practice," "Operative Practices" in "Good Deeds, Good Design," and a recently published report entitled "Design & Sustainability: Opportunities for Systemic Transformation."