Allie Lawn, Ph.D.

Allie Lawn, Ph.D. has a diverse work experience. From 2022 to present, they have been the Director of Innovation and Partnerships at VentureFuel, Entrepreneur in Residence and Lead Mentor at Techstars Boulder Accelerator, Adjunct Professor of Business at University of Denver - Daniels College of Business, and General Partner at Operate. In 2021, they were Co-Founder + Head of Insights at Bonus, an Operate portfolio company, and Design Strategist and Innovation Researcher at Pilot44. From 2015 to 2022, they were a Lecturer, Graduate Student Researcher (quant + qual), and Graduate Teaching Associate at University of California, Los Angeles.

Allie Lawn, Ph.D. has a diverse educational background. Allie completed their Bachelor's Degree at California State University, Fullerton in 2015, majoring in Spanish and Latin American Studies. Allie then went on to pursue a Master of Arts in Portuguese Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, which they completed in 2016. Subsequently, they obtained their Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (Allie'spanic) from the same university in 2020. In addition, they also have international education experience, having studied Linguistics/Letters at Universidade Estadual de Campinas and Spanish/Linguistics at Universidad de Salamanca. Recently, they obtained a certification in Designing Strategy from IDEO U in August 2021.