Joe Gebbia
2022 ICON Award Winner, Co-Founder & Chairman of Airbnb.org, Airbnb
BU SHA’s 3rd ICON Award Winner – 2022
Joe Gebbia, Co-founder and Chairman of Airbnb.org, a new, independently operated 501(c)3. As a community-powered non-profit, Airbnb.org helps to connect those in crisis with places for them to stay as part of our emergency response efforts related to natural disasters, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Joe began his life as an artist and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where he earned dual degrees in Graphic Design and Industrial Design, and currently serves on the RISD Board of Trustees.