November 26, 2024

Meet The Board: 2024-2025

November 26, 2024/ The Editors

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome five new board members this year (Susanna Hayward, Dian Holton, Emil Lendof, Brian Lutz, and Chin Wang) and congratulate the 2024-2025 officers (Chuck Kerr, Jana Meier-Roberts, Rashida Morgan-Brown, Emily Furlani, and Taylor Le). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board!

Get to know the 2024-2025 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

OFFICERS

Chuck Kerr
PRESIDENT
Senior Creative Director, Dotdash Meredith
Entertainment Weekly

3 things you can’t live without: Breakfast tacos, Spotify Premium, and Evie (my dog).

Jana Meier-Roberts
VICE-PRESIDENT
Freelance Creative Director
& Designer

What’s your superpower? Patience.

Rashida Morgan-Brown
VICE-PRESIDENT
Creative Director
rashidasdesigns.com

3 things you can’t live without: Family, peace of mind, creativity

Taylor Le
TREASURER
Creative Director
The San Francisco Standard

3 things you can’t live without: Iced soy lattes, spas, cats

Emily Furlani
SECRETARY
Creative Director, Women's Group
a360media

What do you listen to while creating? Cooking shows, vintage television, classic movies I've seen 100 times

DIRECTORS

Josue Evilla
Creative Director
Fortune Design

What’s your superpower? No coffee — I'm ready to go!

Susanna Hayward
Art Director
New York Magazine

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Travel more, find more time for creative projects, learn to roller skate!

Zara Katz
Photography Director
NBC News Digital

What’s on your bucket list for 2024: Travel outside of the U.S. Not spontaneously combusting during the 2024 election.

Karen Frank
Digital Photo Editor
The New York Times

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Reinvention

Dian Holton
Art Director
AARP

Three things you can’t live without: Sugar, fun accessories (sneakers, totebag, jewelry), glasses

Emil Lendof
Managing Photo Editor
The Wall Street Journal

Three things you can’t live without: My family, My vinyl records, My sketchbook

Jeanne Graves
Director of Photography
Fast Company

What’s your super power? Going warp speed at the 11th hour.

Davian-Lynn Hopkins
Senior Designer
Pentagram

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

Brian Lutz
Illustrator, Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford

What’s your superpower?
I make people happy with drawings

Carrie Mifsud
Homescreen Art Director
The New York Times

Three things you can’t live without: My family. My vinyl records. My sketchbook.

Chin Wang
Vice President
ESPN Creative Studio

What do you listen to while creating: Nothing. Let’s call it multitasking meditation.

SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

3 things you can’t live without: Family, my phone, and a good book.

February 14, 2024

Meet The Board: 2023-2024

February 14, 2024/ The Editors

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome six new board members this year (Carrie, Davian-Lynn, Emily, Karen, Rashida, and Zara) and congratulate our new officers (Emily, David, Chuck, Dennis, and Taylor). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board.

Get to know the 2023-2024 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

OFFICERS

Emily Kimbro
PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Texas Monthly

Music you listen to while creating: my favorite radio station out of New Orleans, WWOZ

David Cooper
VICE PRESIDENT
Illustrator + Photo Director

What’s your super power? I know how to make a few pencil marks on paper look like a thing.

Chuck Kerr
VICE PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Entertainment Weekly

What (or who) inspires you? Albums with zero skippable tracks.

Dennis Huynh
SECRETARY
Product Design Director, Editorial
GoodRx, New York NY

What’s your super power? Secretly knowing how to work a spreadsheet or Airtable

Taylor Le
TREASURER
Design Director
Los Angeles Times

3 things you can’t live without: Iced soy lattes, spas, cats

DIRECTORS

Carrie Mifsud
Art Director
The New York Times

Three things you can’t live without: My family, My vinyl records, My sketchbook

Jeanne Graves
Director of Photography
Fast Company

What’s your super power? Going warp speed at the 11th hour.

Rashida Morgan-Brown
Creative Director
Rashidasdesigns.com

3 things you can’t live without: Family, peace of mind, creativity

Davian-Lynn Hopkins
Senior Designer
Pentagram

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

Emily Furlani
Art Director
Brooklyn, NY

Three things you can’t live without: Laughter, hugs, good moisturizer

Jana Meier-Roberts
Design Director
Sports Illustrated Germany

3 things you can’t live without: My family, books, the outdoors

Josue Evilla
Creative Director
Fortune Design

What’s your super power? No coffee — I'm ready to go!

Haley Kluge
Creative Director
Variety

Album you listen to while creating: Any original Broadway cast album

Zara Katz
Photography Director
NBC News Digital

What’s on your bucket list for 2024: Travel outside of the U.S. Not spontaneously combusting during the 2024 election.

José Reyes
Founder, Executive Creative Director
Metaleap Creative

Advice for young creatives: Stay curious, ask great questions, follow through

Karen Frank
Freelance

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Reinvention

SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

3 things you can’t live without: Family, my phone, and a good book.

January 08, 2023

Meet The Board: 2022-2023

January 08, 2023/ The Editors

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome five new board members this year (Chuck, Josue, Jeanne, Taylor, and Jana) and congratulate our new officers (Emily, Natalie, David, Emem, and Dennis). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board.

Get to know the 2022-2023 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

OFFICERS

Emily Kimbro
PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Texas Monthly

Music you listen to while creating: 90% jazz, 10% funk

David Cooper
VICE PRESIDENT
Illustrator + Photo Director

What’s your super power? I know how to make a few pencil marks on paper look like a thing.

Natalie Gialluca
VICE PRESIDENT
Senior Visuals Editor
Vanity Fair

What’s your super power? Finding items in the house others deem missing

Dennis Huynh
SECRETARY
Director of Editorial Product Design
GoodRx, New York

What’s your super power? Secretly knowing how to work a spreadsheet or Airtable

Emem Offong
TREASURER
VP, UX Design Lead
JPMorgan Chase & Co

Advice for young creatives? Follow your interests. Be kind to your colleagues.

DIRECTORS

Katie Belloff
Art Director
The New York Times T Brand Studio

What’s your super power? Forgetting where I put all my Pilot Precise V7 pens

Jeanne Graves
Director of Photography
Fast Company

What’s your super power? Going warp speed at the 11th hour.

Taylor Le
Design Director
Los Angeles Times

3 things you can’t live without: Iced soy lattes, spas, cats

Lauren Brown
Senior Visual Editor
Allure and Glamour

Advice for young creatives? Find your voice and go
all in

Chuck Kerr
Creative Director
Entertainment Weekly

What’s on your bucket list for 2023? A proper, unplugged vacation.

Jana Meier-Roberts
Design Director
Sports Illustrated Germany

3 things you can’t live without: My family, books, the outdoors

Josue Evilla
Art Director
Fortune

3 things you can’t live without: Pretty sure it'll have chocolate on top.

Haley Kluge
Art Director
Netflix

Album you listen to while creating: Any original Broadway cast album

Ryan Mesina
VP, Creative Services
Martha Stewart Living

3 things you can’t live without: There is only one thing....PRINT MAGAZINES

José Reyes
Founder, Executive Creative Director
Metaleap Creative

What (or who) inspires you? People who show up as themselves

Corliss Elizabeth Williams
Creative Director + Stylist
The Lowry Estate Premier Vintage + Resale Boutique

What’s on your bucket list for 2023? I’ve always wanted a tattoo. Just have no idea of what. Maybe it’ll hit me in 2023!

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SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

3 things you can’t live without: Family, my phone, and a good book.

December 09, 2020

Meet The Board: 2020 - 2021

December 09, 2020/ The Editors

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome six new board members this year (Corliss Elizabeth, Ed, Emem, Katie, Lauren, and Natalie) and congratulate our new officers (Mike, Agnethe, Trevett, Lan Yin, and Jeff). Get to know the 2020-2021 Board of Directors by clicking on each photo below!

Mike Schnaidt
PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Fast Company

Creative crush Badass women of design: Rosmarie Tissi, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Jacqueline Casey

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Lan Yin Bachelis
SECRETARY
Creative Director, Consultant

Quarantine hobby: What hobby? Been working around the clock.

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Corliss Elizabeth Williams
Creative Director + Proprietor
The Lowry Estate

Book you'd take to a desert island: Sketch book

Emem Offong
VP, User Experience Design Lead
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Album you need to listen to while cleaning: Podcasts count right? Pop Culture Happy Hour, Death, Sex & Money, Robinhood Snacks, and Back Issue.

Lauren Brown
Senior Visual Editor
Glamour and Allure

Book you'd take to a desert island: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Agnethe Glatved
VICE PRESIDENT
Executive Creative Director
Parents and Parents Latina

Worst job? Doing a lifestyle photoshoot in the Wyoming wilderness—having our campsite surrounded by bears!

Jeff Glendenning
TREASURER
Creative Director, Brand Identity
The New York Times

Quarantine location: Upstate / Manhattan / Denver

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David Matt
VP Creative, Content & Strategy
Foundry 360, Meredith Corp's Content Agency

What inspires you? Brilliant executions of anything...from a meal to a cover to a car to a label to a....

Jamie Prokell
Creative Director
Men's Health

Quarantine hobby: Creating Weekly Playlists on Spotify under the name thelittlestboombox

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Natalie Gialluca
Visuals Director + Producer

Quarantine hobby: Home improvement tasks. Power washing, snaking bathroom drains, sanding wood, painting, even using a power drill, which was a housewarming gift 3 years ago and never took out of the box until quarantine!

Trevett McCandliss
VICE PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Earnshaw's, Footwear Plus, and MR Magazine

What inspires you? Shadows on the wall

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Ben Grandgenett
Art Director
The New York Times Magazine

Book you'd take to a desert island: Crime and Punishment so I can finally finish it.

Ed Levine
Creative Director
Psychology Today

Worst job? None; I learned something from each about culture, team work, and skills.

Katie Belloff
Art Director
Popular Science

Album you need to listen to while creating: Welcome to The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Raymond Ho
Creative Director
Women’s Health

Album you need to listen to while cleaning: Any "elevator music" playlist

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