Patricia Merino Price serves as a senior Civic Designer for Oakland’s i-team. A grounded listener and seasoned communal vision shaper, she guides teams to build brave futures in community and into doable fruition. As a deeply experienced human-centered designer, strategist, and facilitator, Patricia works side-by-side with teams and communities to tackle tough challenges and pave better paths forward.

Patricia’s career spans consulting and leadership roles at innovation and social impact organizations such as IDEO, IDEO.org, Hopelab, Adaptive Path, and Kaiser Permanente. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Bay Area team of Soccer Without Borders. Patricia holds a master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (ITP) and a dual Bachelor's in Psychology and Hispanic Studies from Columbia University. A long-time Bay Area resident, she enjoys adventuring and discovering good stories with her husband, two sons, and their scruffy dog.