Céline Semaan

Bio

Céline Semaan-Vernon is a Lebanese-Canadian designer, writer, advocate, and public speaker. She is the co-founder of Slow Factory Foundation, a 501c3 public service organization working at the intersection of human rights and environmental justice since 2013, prior to that, her background has been in the open web and the Information Age. Her organization champions access to information and sustainability literacy, producing a climate conference series: Study Hall, and the first science-driven incubator in fashion: One X One. She is on the Council of Progressive International, became a Director’s Fellow of MIT Media Lab in 2016, and served on the Board of Directors of AIGA NY.