As Senior Vice President of Innovation at the Partnership for New York City, Stacey Matlen partners with New York governmental agencies to understand their challenges and recruits innovative solutions to solve them. 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. Through the Transit Tech Lab, Stacey works with four of the largest transit agencies in North America to make their systems more accessible, responsive, efficient, and resilient. Through the Environmental Tech Lab, which she launched in 2023 with NYC Department of Environmental Protection, she works to enable the largest municipal water and wastewater utility in the country to source, pilot, and evaluate new technologies to better prepare for and respond to climate change. In 2024, Stacey led the launch of the Buildings Tech Lab with NYC Department of Buildings to help the largest building regulator in the country identify and test new technologies that keep construction costs and times low while prioritizing safety and sustainability across 1.1 million New York City 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. She 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 40 Under 40, City & State New York Transportation Power 100, and Crain’s Detroit 20 in Their 20s.