Emily Pilloton

Of course, Pilloton is not alone in her quest to "design for the other 90 percent," as the saying goes—referring to designers who put their services to work for the global poor—but the speed of Project H’s rise from mere idea to field leader has been astonishing. Pilloton, a self-described humanitarian design entrepreneur, decided that Project H should solve what she calls "a different equation," with an altogether different bottom line.