Sarah Rigsbee, D.Eng, is the Lead Human-Centered Design Strategist at the Institute for Assured Autonomy, a joint institute between the Applied Physics Laboratory and the Whiting School of Engineering. Rigsbee leads work in the areas of systems and design thinking, human-centered design, and innovation strategy, where she leads diverse teams through designing and developing solutions to address various user and sponsor needs. She leverages user- and human-centered design methods to solve complex challenges for a range of users and stakeholders in a variety of different domain and challenge areas, up to and including strategy and vision efforts on both small and large scales. She is an experienced design strategist, data analyst, and human system engineer, and likes to apply her technical background and human-centered focus to solving challenges and improving the intersection of humanity and technology. Rigsbee firmly believes in the combined power of empathy, curiosity and humility for solving complex human-focused problems.