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about survey participants
professionals
Aggie Toppins
Aggie is a senior designer at Simple Truth in Chicago, Illinois,
a leader in the branding industry. Aggie holds a bs in Graphic
Design from the University of Cincinnati.
Angelo Carusi
Angelo is a principal at Cooper Carry, a premier architecture
firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. He has led the firm’s
retail studio since 1989 and has since acquired numerous
awards. Angelo holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the
University of Tennessee.
Bart Caylor
Bart is the principal of Brainstorm, a premier marketing
agency in Indianapolis, Indiana. Bart is responsible for many
of Brainstorm’s higher education accounts, leading several
large-scale web initiatives which garnered acclaim in The
Chronicle of Higher Education and us News and World
Report. Bart graduated magna cum laude from Anderson
University and is a member of the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education.
Ben Graham
Ben is a principal and creative director at Turnstyle in
Seattle, Washington. Turnstyle, founded in 2004, is an
innovative studio focused on print, packaging, web, and
retail design. They recently won an award in the 365 aiga
Annual Design Competition and were also featured in the
January 2010 CommArts magazine. Ben holds a bfa in visual
communications from University of Washington.
Connie Birdsall
Connie leads the design practice at Lippincott and is a member
of the firm’s executive committee. Her experience encompasses
20 years of directing and designing global corporate and brand
identity, marketing communications, and information design.
Connie has held positions on the national board of aiga. Her
bfa was received from Kansas City Art Institute with an mfa
from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Dominique Hirsiger
Dominique is a project designer at asd/Sky Design in Atlanta,
Georgia. She received her bfa in Interior Design from
Savannah College of Art and Design.
Jan Lorenc
Jan was born in Poland and currently residing in Roswell,
Georgia. He is co-owner of Lorenc+Yoo Design, a studio
formed in 1998. They include specialists in industrial design,
exhibition design, architectural design, furniture design,
interior design, and environmental graphics. Jan is a graduate
of the Illinois Institute of Technology with a bs and ms in
Industrial Design and Visual Communication respectively, as
well as a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with
a ms in Architecture.
Jay Rogers
Jay is an art director at Cartoon Network in Atlanta, Georgia
where he focuses on everything from print, packaging, and
identity, to interactive design. He is a recent Southeastern
Excellence in Design awards winner.
Jon Garcia
Jon is vice president of design at Fuzebox, Inc., a technology
consulting firm in Atlanta, Georgia where he practices digital,
virtual, and interactive design. He has nearly 10 years of
creative design experience and holds a bfa from Art Institute
of Atlanta.
Liz Teston
Liz is currently working as a project design at asd/Sky Design
in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a bfa from the Savannah
college of Art and Design.
Mark Drye
Mark is the owner of Caruso–Drye, a graphics, signage,
and wayfinding design consulting firm in Marietta, Georgia.
He holds a Bachelor of Education in graphic design and
architecture from North Carolina State University.
Mike Sloan
Mike is a partner at Lippincott New York, an international
brand identity consultant where he concentrates on
retail design. He has close to 20 years’ experience in the
design, development and implementation of international
environmental branding programs. Mike holds a Bachelor of
Architecture degree from Syracuse University.
Sara Cormier
Sara is co-owner of Miller–Cormier, a freelancing design
partnership in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has also been the
advertising design manager at Cincinnati Magazine for over
5 years. Sara received her bs in Graphic Design from the
University of Cincinnati.
Sarah Miller
Sarah is co-owner of Miller–Cormier, a freelancing design
partnership in Cincinnati, Ohio. She specializes in interactive
design and has taught as an adjunct professor at the University
of Cincinnati, where she acquired her bs in Graphic Design.
Steve Carlin
Steve is a Senior Graphic Designer at Cooper Carry, Inc. in
Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in environmental graphic design.
Steve holds a bs in Technical Graphics from Purdue University
in Indiana.
Tracy Pohl
Tracy is currently working as a senior interior designer at
Champlin Architecture in Cincinnati, Ohio with 10 years
of experience in the field. She holds a bs in Design from the
University of Cincinnati.
Yolonda Baker
Yolonda is a senior graphic designer at Deloitte, an
international accounting and consulting firm based in Atlanta,
Georgia. She focuses on print design, marketing materials,
identity, and environmental graphics. Yolonda studied design
at Creative Circus in Atlanta.
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