Bio
Madelynn Martiniere is a researcher, facilitator, and systems designer whose work focuses on collective innovation, community ownership, and democratic approaches to emerging technologies. Over nearly two decades, she has worked across four continents to design innovation ecosystems that enable communities, organizations, and institutions to build resilient, participatory forms of governance and collaboration. As Director of Catalyst Studios, she advises organizations on systems design, participatory governance, and cooperative innovation, while sharing the stories of those building community-led infrastructure around the world. She formerly served as Managing Director of Zebras Unite Co-op, a global movement of founders and funders building businesses that balance profit and purpose, where she designed and stewarded cooperative governance with 200 members across 23 countries. While her current work is not based within a formal cooperative, it remains closely aligned with cooperative values through its emphasis on community ownership, data sovereignty, and decentralized digital infrastructures. Bridging grassroots practice and institutional change, she advances practical models for shared power, open collaboration, and regenerative futures.