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      I’m a design leader, educator, and cultural critic.

      My work is wide-ranging, but I’m most interested in building resilient communities of practice and solving consequential problems in public life, often involving technology.

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      Ron Bronson speaking at Portland Design Month beside a slide reading President of AIGA Portland
      A packed room of designers and civic technologists at Design For The Public
      Ron Bronson and colleagues on a GSA stage
      A Portland Digital Corps team presenting the Cape Perpetua Collaborative website redesign
      Ron Bronson with his high school tennis team holding a championship plaque
      Ron Bronson holding a coach of the year plaque before an Oregon Athletic Coaches Association backdrop
      A student cohort beneath a Taubman College, University of Michigan banner
      Ron Bronson on a DotGov Design Conference panel
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