Jessica Trask
Capability Lead – Co-design Lab
Jessica was raised in Tauranga Moana on the whenua of Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Pūkenga with ancestry to Ireland, Germany and England. She loves learning and is experienced at working in highly complex environments to build social capital to create more equitable systems.
She joins the team with a strong design skillset with particular experience in designing for equity, systems thinking and intervention, and domestic violence and child abuse. Jessica has worked across central and local government in a variety of capacities and has the experience, enthusiasm and the resilience required to work in shifting complex (crown) systems. Jessica is passionate about decolonisation and the role of Tangata Tiriti in working for racial equity and works at both individual and collective levels towards a Te Tiriti-centric Aotearoa.