As Senior Vice President of Innovation at the Partnership for NYC, Stacey Matlen partners with New York governmental agencies to understand their challenges and recruits innovative solutions to solve these challenges. Of note, she oversees three programs with missions to make New York the global leader in transportation, water, and buildings: the Transit Tech Lab, Environmental Tech Lab, and Buildings Tech Lab, respectively. Through the Transit Tech Lab, Stacey works with the four of the largest transit agencies in North America to make their systems more accessible, responsive, efficient, and resilient. Through the Environmental Tech Lab, launched in May 2023, in partnership with New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Stacey works to enable the largest municipal water/wastewater utility in the country to source, pilot, and evaluate new technologies to better prepare and respond to the impacts of climate change. In July 2024, Stacey led the launch of the Buildings Tech Lab, a public-private innovation lab to help New York City Department of Buildings quickly identify and test new technologies to help the largest building regulator in the country keep construction costs and times low, while prioritizing building safety and sustainability across the 1.1 million NYC buildings.

Stacey has a public sector, startup, and public health background: she led multiple initiatives with the City of Detroit's Office of Mobility Innovation and founded an award-winning startup that increased healthy food access for low-income residents. Stacey holds a Master’s in Public Health and a Bachelor’s degree with high distinction from the University of Michigan. Stacey has been recognized by Crain’s New York

Website: transitinnovation.org

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