André Nogueira

Dr. Nogueira is an Associate Faculty of Design Knowledge at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and CEO of Leap, a catalyst design organization building the capacity of ambitious leaders across sectors in India to confront the complexity underlying purpose-driven initiatives. Dr. Nogueira is also affiliated with the Brown University School of Public Health as an Adjunct Investigator. Through his work, he bridges design with technology and economics to drive systems-level transformations globally. He co-founded the Design Laboratory at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Action Labs at IIT Institute of Design. He has helped institutions in the US and Brazil build design laboratories that bridge theory and practice through cross-sector partnerships, influencing public policy. His work, funded by USAID, the Gates Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and others, has earned him the 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Award. Since 2021, he has been working with leading NGOs and Government agencies at the National, State, and Block levels across rural India to drive multi-level, transformational change. More recently, he launched the Million Designers Billion Dreams in partnership with the Ministry of Rural Development to enhance the capacity of leaders across rural Villages to drive systems change, promote collaboration among diverse stakeholders to address complex challenges, and foster confidence and agency to shape better futures through creativity and ownership.