Lee Cookson

Lee Cookson

Senior Consultant

Lee works as a Senior Consultant on the Overlap Associates team, providing leadership and support to strategic planning and engagement projects. Lee is an expert in strategy, facilitation, and human-centred design. He is a natural leader who enables organizations to find unique strategies for complex problems.

Arts, culture, tourism, education, and social innovation are Lee’s primary areas of expertise. His work is rooted in creativity, systems thinking, and participation. He leverages his background as an artist to create unique invitations to challenge assumptions, inspire the imagination, and generate conversation.

Lee holds a BFA in Theatre and Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, and a Graduate Diploma in Arts and Cultural Management from Grant MacEwan University.