Shel Kimen
For 18 years, Ms. Kimen has helped organizations find new ways to learn about and engage people and culture. She’s worked across industries creating campaigns, products, and services for world-class brands like The New York Times and JC Penney. She holds a BA in Human Environment and Design from Michigan State and post-graduate work in Economic History at The New School in New York City.
Her current work, Collision Works, is a hybrid profit / non-profit social enterprise in Detroit, designed to connect people through their personal stories. She has been featured in local, national, and international press for her pilot program “First Container,” a shipping container converted into a beautiful and engaging community space in Detroit’s Eastern Market.
She speaks on topics such as urban resilience, community-first design, architecture and entrepreneurialism.
Shel believes more than anything that we all have something valuable to contribute and has made it her mission to cultivate that.
