Sharon Chang

Sharon Chang is the Founder of the Guild of Future Architects. She is a globally recognized creative and thought leader with deeply rooted experience across design, architecture, film, media, technology, entrepreneurship, and impact investment. After a successful career in emerging media and serving as the Chief Creative Officer at 19 Entertainment–the company behind mega-hits American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance–she turned her attention and resources to focus on how co-creation and systems thinking might solve complex problems through cross-sector collaborations. She develops interdisciplinary projects within an ecosystem of operations that includes Yoxi, her impact investment practice dedicated to funding inquiry; 19340, her film financing and production company behind notable films such as BAFTA-nominated The Eagle Huntress; and her experimental family office that examines how wealth intersects with culture and society. These projects sit at the intersection of the old and the new, working to explore the best ways for humanity to build itself a more just, equitable, and beautiful future. In addition to the NYU Board of Trustees, she is a member of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dean’s Council and co-chair of the NYU School of Global Public Health Dean's Council.