Katherine McCoy
McCoy & McCoy Associates
Katherine co-chaired Cranbrook Academy of Art's Design Department for 24 years, and was a Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design in Chicago and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art. A 1999 Medalist of the AIGA and elected member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, a Fellow and past president of the Industrial Designers Society of America, past president of the American Center for Design, and a former vice president of the AIGA. As a partner of McCoy & McCoy Associates, she consults in communications design, design marketing and interior design for cultural, educational and corporate clients. She frequently writes on design criticism and history and is currently a consulting professor for the Kansas City Art Institute.
Dana Arnett
VSA Partners
Dana is a founding Principal of VSA Partners, Inc., headquartered in Chicago. Dana, along with his four partners, leads a group of 70 associates in the creation of design programs, film projects, interactive initiatives and brand marketing solutions for clients such as Harley-Davidson, IBM, General Electric, Coca-Cola, Cingular Wireless, Chronicle Books and TimeWarner. Dana and the firm have been globally recognized by over 60 competitions and designations. Dana was a 1999 inductee into the Alliance Graphic International and was named to the ID40 as one of the 40 most important people shaping design internationally. He is also a member of the AIGA National Board of Directors, where he is involved in leadership and policy making that shapes the design industry.
Sean Adams
AdamsMorioka
Sean is a partner at AdamsMorioka in Los Angeles. Sean has been internationally recognized by every major competition and publication including Communication Arts, AIGA, Graphis, and the New York Art Director's Club. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art recently exhibited the works of AdamsMorioka in a solo retrospective. Adams has been named to the ID40, as one of the forty most important people shaping design internationally. He is a past member of the AIGA National Board, a fellow of the Aspen Design Conference and a faculty member at CalArts. AdamsMorioka's clients include ABC, Gap, Old Navy, Frank Gehry Associates, Nickelodeon, Oxygen, Sundance and USC.