Michelle Carrillo is CEO of ThinkPlace US and a leader in community-centered systems change, collaborative governance, and participatory design. With over 20 years of experience working across philanthropy, government, and community-based organizations, she has led large-scale initiatives focused on child and family wellbeing, food systems transformation, rural community resilience, and cross-sector collaboration. Michelle brings deep expertise in designing the infrastructure of collaboration—the relationships, governance structures, and shared learning practices that enable systems to work across difference. Her recent work explores how emerging technologies, including AI, can support collective sensemaking and decision-making without undermining trust, equity, or community leadership. Michelle is known for grounding innovation in lived experience and for translating complex systems challenges into practical, humane approaches that support long-term community wellbeing.