People

Stacy Merrill Surla

Experience Team and Volunteer

As an IA practitioner and workshop facilitator, Stacy draws on her experiences in theater, business, and community-building to support the goal of better meetings for all. She’s crafted and led more than 100 workshops and participatory design sessions for government, academia, and the UX community. Her goal is to create experiential, participatory events that help participants collaborate, problem solve, and acquire new skills. Her work has included a bootcamp training for Lean UX delivery managers, a workshop on integrating UX into Agile along a continuum of maturity, a workshop on workshop design and facilitation, and numerous working sessions for clients and stakeholders on an array of projects.

Stacy is Director of Stellar User Experience and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland iSchool.

Workshops and Sessions