Avery (formerly Brooke) Staton is an equity design strategist, coach, and facilitator. They draw on their background in city planning, public health, and participatory research to devise community-driven approaches to creative problem solving.  Before their independent work, Avery co-founded and co-lead Reflex Design Collective, an Equity Design consultancy and leader in facilitating co-creation driven approaches to community engagement in the San Francisco Bay Area. Grounded in teachings from environmental justice leaders, community-based participatory research practitioners, and other activists lifting the voices of communities most directly impacted by social inequity, Avery synthesizes interdisciplinary approaches to help clients build equitable processes for values-aligned outcomes. 

Avery holds dual masters degrees in City Planning and Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley.”