Quire is a collective of talented thought leaders.
We have access to experts in a wide range of fields—business leaders and entrepreneurs, social science professionals, design masters, and more. We hand select consultants for your team based on your needs and project goals.
Quire Consultants
Autumn Sanders | Founder, CEO
Since 2010, Autumn Sanders has worked with Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and nonprofits, helping them grow their businesses by understanding their customers. She launched Quire in 2017 to bring ethnographic research and design thinking to organizational leaders that are looking for a way forward but don't know how to get there. Throughout her career, Autumn has worked with organizations including Target, Samsung, FedEx, SC Johnson, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Chicago Public Education Fund, and many others.
Autumn currently serves on the City of Birmingham Small Business Council. She teaches tennis with Better Basics and coaches entrepreneurs with Create Birmingham and EGK Starters. She has served on several non-profit boards focusing on the arts and design. Autumn holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ohio University (Athens, OH) and a master’s degree in design management from the Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA).
Activities & Affiliations
Cavu, Flight Crew Member
Co.Starters, Facilitator and Trainer
EPIC People, Member
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design - M.A., Design Management and Graphic Design
Ohio University (Athens) - B.S., Journalism
Katelyn Foote | Design Research Associate
Katelyn is a design researcher passionate about the intersecting institutions and informal interactions that make up the social life of a city. She has worked with non-profit organizations in urban neighborhoods in Birmingham and rural communities across Alabama providing a range of services. Katelyn has also held positions in small local businesses focused on hospitality.
Katelyn is part of the Greater Birmingham Ministries program The Exchange, and volunteers as a researcher and writer for their Election Guide. She hosts a podcast with international colleagues and friends exploring women’s work in cities and urban design. Katelyn holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and social entrepreneurship from Samford University (Birmingham, AL) and a master’s degree in urban strategies and design from The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Education
University of Edinburgh & Heriot-Watt University - MSc Urban Strategies & Design
Samford University - BSc Business Administration: Social Entrepreneurship
Chaitanya Ahuja| Design Research Assistant
Chaitanya is a design researcher and a sustainability strategist. He believes curiosity is his strongest emotion and he loves to explore the mechanisms and dynamics behind natural, technological, and social systems. With a background in technology and design, he wishes to use his skills and knowledge towards addressing complex challenges in society. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Technology from the NMIMS University, Mumbai and has worked as a full-stack software developer in Bangalore, India. He also holds two Master’s degrees in Design Management and Design for Sustainability from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Chaitanya regularly facilitates educational workshops on Systems Thinking, with an ambition to make this mindset more accessible and practical for practitioners.
Education
NMIMS University - B.Tech, Electronics and Telecommunications
Savannah College of Art and Design - M.F.A., Design Management; M.A., Design for Sustainability
Affiliations and Activities
Swimming in Systems, Co-founder/ Program Designer