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Rahmin Sarabi is Founder and Director of the American Public Trust (APT). A social entrepreneur, Rahmin brings nearly 20 years of experience across social impact startups and nonprofit organizations. His work spans deliberative democracy, facilitation, civic tech, and human-centered design.

Rahmin’s contributions to democratic innovation include the Fort Collins Civic Assembly, the State of California’s Engaged California program, the Michigan Citizens’ Panel on COVID-19, the Petaluma Fairgrounds Advisory Panel, and a pioneering integration of mini-publics with digital deliberative tools for the State of Colorado.

He is also co-lead of a national field building initiative for U.S. deliberative democracy practitioners and previously led strategic planning for the global Democracy R&D network.

Before founding APT, Rahmin was the first product manager at Good Eggs, where he helped design and launch the company’s core service and social benefit offering. He later led the People team at Opendoor.

Rahmin has shared insights on democratic innovation and public trust with audiences convened by Stanford, MIT, TED, the Berggruen Institute, KQED, and the International Association for Public Participation.

Born in Oregon, he lives with his wife and two children in the Bay Area.