RACHEL ABRAMS
Creative director, Turnstone Consulting
Education: MA, Royal College of Art
Professional experience: Senior content strategist, Imagination (USA) Inc; information architect, User Experience Site Strategy and Standards, ibm.com, IBM
Clients include: AIGA, American Express, The New York Times, The Economist, Queens Museum, Taxi07, Wert & Co.
Publications include: Design Council, Frieze, Adobe ThinkTank, Good, Graphics International, Intelligent Life, Eye
Awards include: Design Trust for Public Space Fellowship; Grand Prix and Prize for Innovation, British Interactive Media Association
Web Site: www.turnstoneconsulting.com

JENNIFER BOVE
Principal, Kicker Studios
Education: BA, College of William & Mary;
MA, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Professional experience: Vice president, user experience, HUGE; Vice president, user experience, Schematic; senior interaction designer, Fjord Design; project manager, America Online; content strategist, Scient
Clients include: Nokia, ABC, CondeNet, Reuters, Yahoo!, BBC, Vibe, Spin, American Express Publishing, Prada, Gucci
Exhibitions include: Bu.net, Turin; Salone del Mobile, Milan; Fabbrica Europa, Florence; Next 2004, Copenhagen; Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Web Site: www.kickerstudio.com

IAN CURRY
Senior interaction designer, Local Projects
Education: BA, The Colorado College;
MPS, New York University
Professional experience: Design analyst, frog design
Clients include: NYC&Co., National September 11 Memorial Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, Microsoft, BBC, Hewlett Packard, IPC, MTV, Eyebeam, The United Nations
Awards include: Communication Arts, Design Distinction; I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review 2009; Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship

Web Site: www.localprojects.net, www.heavy-meta.com

STEVE DUENES
Graphics director, NYTimes.com
Education: BA, University of Notre Dame
Professional Experience: Deputy Graphics Director, The New York Times; Science Graphics Editor, The New York Times; Design Director for Interactive News, The Chicago Tribune
Publications include: The New York Times, The New Yorker, Information graphics for: 102 Minutes by Kevin Flynn and Jim Dwyer, City in the Sky by Eric Lipton and James Glanz
Awards include: Society of Publication Designers, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Society for News Design, Society of Professional Journalists 
Web Site: www.nytimes.com

ROBERT FABRICANT
Vice president, creative, frog design
Education: MPS, New York University; BA, Yale University
Professional Experience: Director, Research & Development, Organic; @radicalmedia; Microsoft Research; Edwin Schlossberg Incorporated; Time New Media; NYU Center for Advanced Technology; Fund for Modern Courts; Chermayeff & Geismar
Clients include: Barnes & Noble, BBC, Blockbuster, Bombardier, Cox Communications, General Electric, Comcast, Humana, Limited Brands, Logitech Harmony, IPC, MTV, McKinsey & Co., Nuance Communications, Nissan, Qualcomm, Showtime, SprintNextel, Thomson Financial, TV Guide, Virgin Mobile
Publications include: I.D, Wired, the Wall Street Journal
Web Site: www.frogdesign.com

CHRISTOPHER FAHEY
User experience strategist; founding partner, Behavior LLC
Education: BFA, The Cooper Union
Professional Experience: Lead information architect, IA department manager, Rare Medium Inc.; lead game designer, Wanderlust Interactive and Music Pen
Clients include: HBO, Business Week, Smithsonian Institution, McGraw-Hill, JPMorgan Chase, National Geographic Channel, AARP, AIGA, The Onion, CNN, XM Satellite Radio, America Online, Microsoft
Awards include: I.D. Interactive Design Distinction; Webby Award; Rhizome.org Net Art Commission; featured in the Whitney Museum Artport
Publications include: The New York Times, New York magazine, UK Design Council Magazine, Communication Arts
Web Sites: www.behaviordesign.com, www.graphpaper.com

ROB FALUDI
Device & strategy consultant, GroundedPower, Inc., and author, O'Reilly Media
Education: BA, Oberlin College; MA, New York University; MPS, New York University
Professional Experience: Assistant adjunct professor of Communications, Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU
Clients include: Match.com, Salon, Magnetic North,Gap, Visa, Lonely Planet and American Eagle Outfitters
Web Site: www.faludi.com

PAUL FORD
Author; associate editor, Harper's Magazine
Education: BA, Alfred University
Professional Experience: Content consultant, Ai; senior writer, information architect, brand strategist, Doublespace
Clients include: PinkSheets, McKinsey Consulting, Yamaha, DuPont, Graco/RubberMaid, JPMorgan Chase, MasterCard, KeySpan, XML.com, Citibank, Hewlett-Packard, Weight Watchers, KPMG
Author: Gary Benchley, Rock Star

Web Site: www.harpers.org, www.ftrain.com

TAMARA GILTSOFF
Independent sustainability strategist
Education: MA, Brunel University; MSc, University of Bath School of Management
Professional experience: Managing director, OZOlab; senior strategist, live|work; senior consultant, Circus; brand consultant, Oyster Partners
Clients include: The Climate Group, Havas, Ogilvy, Kraft, AEA, The UK Deparmtent of Transport, ONE North East Regional Development Agency, Swedish Energy Agency, UK Design Council, L'Oreal Paris USA, Virgin Mobile USA, Hobbs, Liberty, Marylebone High Street, Boots
Publications include: sustainablelifemedia.com, treehugger.com, psfk.com
Awards and honors include: "35 under 35" leading business women in 2007

CHLOE GOTTLIEB
Vice president, executive creative director of interaction design, R/GA
Education: MA, New School University
Professional Experience: User experience lead, Razorfish, Parsons School of Design
Clients include: Nokia, Nike, Verizon, Mercedes-AMG, Conde Nast, Aveda, Purina, Levi's, L'Oreal
Exhibition include: Creative Time 
Awards and honors include: Cannes Cyber Lion, One Show Interactive, I.D., Art Directors Club, CLIO, Communication Arts, HOW Interactive Design Annual Review
Web Site: www.rga.com

PHI HONG D. HA
Interaction design and strategy consultant
Education: MD, Carnegie Mellon University
Professional experience: Senior User Experience Designer, Method; Ultra16; Ruder Finn Interactive; Concrete Media
Clients include: TheApt.com, TED.com
Web Site: www.pdh3.com

REBEKAH HODGSON
Visual and interaction design consultant
Education: BFA, Art Center College of Design
Professional experience: Senior User Interface Designer, Etsy; Lead Web and Interface Designer, Blurb; Art Director and Designer, Cardways
Clients include: Etsy, Blurb

KAREN McGRANE
Founding partner, Bond Art + Science
Education: BA, University of Minnesota; MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Professional experience: Vice president, national lead for user experience, Avenue A / Razorfish
Clients include: The New York Times, Fast Company, The Atlantic, Cond? Nast, Nielsen Media Research, Walt Disney Internet Group, New York Public Library, Encyclopedia Britannica, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Federal Reserve Bank
Publications include: Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design; Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing Webbed Environments
Books include: Technical Communication and the World Wide Web; Inventing a Discipline: Rhetoric Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Young
Awards and honors include: Webby Award, The One Show, Society for Technical Communication
Web Sites: www.bondartscience.com, www.coolhunting.com

JOSHUA MUSICK
Principal designer, frog design
Education: BA, The Ohio State University
Clients include: at frog: Comcast, Cox Communications, MTV/VH1, Showtime and Sprint; before frog: Compaq, Fannie Mae, Federated Department Stores, Panasonic, Reebok and Tommy Hilfiger.
Web Site: www.frogdesign.com

JILL NUSSBAUM
Creative director, R/GA. Formerly, Parallel Development
Education: MPS, New York University
Clients include: Nike, Nokia, T-Mobile
Awards and honors include: Cannes Titanium Lion, Cannes Cyber Lion; Gold Award, Art Directors Club; Gold Award, One Show Interactive; Gold Award, CLIO Interactive; CLIO Interactive Grand; International ANDY Award; Black Pencil, D&AD; WebAward
Web Site: www.rga.com

MATT OWENS
Principal, Volumeone LLC
Education: BA, University of Texas; MFA, Cranbrook School of Art
Professional experience: Partner, Athletics NYC; partner, Riviera Gallery. Formerly, co-owner, One9ine; creative director, MethodFive
Clients include: Ride Snowboards, Puma, Adidas, XLR8R, New York magazine, AIGA, DKNY Jeans, GOOD, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Ubisoft, MTV, The United Nations, Zoo York, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Publications include: Emigre; Reload: Browser Two: The Internet Design Project; Fresh Dialogue 2: New Voices in Graphic Design; Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers; Design For Kids from Victionary Two; Fashion Unfolding: Uncover the Power of Graphics in Fashion
Web Sites: www.volumeone.com, www.athleticsnyc.com

PAUL PANGARO, PhD
Co-founder and CTO, Cybernetic Lifestyles
Education: BS, MIT; PhD, Brunel University
Professional experience: Founding CTO, Snap.com (Idealab); lecturer, HCI Program, Stanford University; distinguished market strategist/senior director, Sun Microsystems
Clients Include: Nokia, Poetry FOundation, Dubberly Design Office, Intellectual Ventures, Vibrant Media, eight inc., Citigroup, Ogilvy & Matter, Healthline.com, Lotus Development, Du Pont
Exhibitions and presentations include: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, MIT Sloan School of Business, Instituto Itau Cultural, ad:tech San Francisco, City University of New York Graduate Center, Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, American Society for Cybernetics, Bartlett School of Architecture, Heinz von Foerster Congress, O'Reilly Open Source Conference, MIT Media Lab
Publications include: Interactions Magazine, International Journal of General Systems, Chapter 3 in Handbook for Conversation Design for Instructional Applications, Journal Kybernetes, Chapter 8 in An Unfinished Revolution?, The London Guardian Newspaper, Systems Research Journal
Awards and honors include: MIT Stewart Award (Drama), CINE Golden Eagle
Other: Member of the Board of Artship, San Francisco; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Fellow of the American Society of Cybernetics.
Web Sites: www.cyberneticlifestyles.com

JASON SANTA MARIA
Founder, Mighty
Education: BA, Kutztown University
Professional experience: Creative director, Happy Cog Studios
Clients include: ABC, Advertising Age, AIGA, Comedy Central, LG, Miramax, W.W. Norton & Company, PBS, WordPress
Publications include: Becoming a Digital Designer, Design In-Flight, .net magazine
Awards and honors include: Gold Star Award, Web Standards; gold and silver awards, Broadcast Designers Association; ADDY; Philly Gold
Web Site: www.jasonsantamaria.com, www.madebymighty.com

KHOI VINH
Design director, NYTimes.com
Education: BFA, Otis College of Art and Design
Professional experience: Co-founder, managing partner, Behavior LLC; design director, regional head, Rare Medium Inc.
Publications include: The Guardian, Eye, Print
Web Site: www.subtraction.com, www.nytimes.com

CLAY WIEDEMANN
Associate creative director, frog design
Education: MA, University of Florida
Clients include: Barnes & Noble, Virgin Mobile, Audi Germany, XM Radio, TV Guide, Cox Communications Wireless Group, Logitech Harmony Remotes, Alcatel Lucent
Other: Film critic, Gainesville Sun; Consultant to Obama -Biden Transition Team for whitehouse.gove redesign
Web Site: www.frogdesign.com

DAVID WOMACK
Writer, editor, digital strategist
Education: BA, Trinity University; MFA, University of Virginia
Professional experience: Director of new media, AIGA; director of content strategy, Primordial; content strategist, Scient; managing editor, Adobe ThinkTank; Voice: AIGA Journal of Design; Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design
Clients include: Adobe Systems, Japan Society, Yahoo!, DuPont, Pentagram, Ogilvy & Mather 
Publications: The Guardian, Salon.com, I.D., Metropolis. Co-author, Becoming a Digital Designer

ALEX WRIGHT
Author, director of user experience research, The New York Times
Education: BA, Brown University; MS, Simmons College
Professional experience: Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft, Macromedia, frog design, The Internet Archive and The Long Now Foundation, Phoenix Pop, IBM
Publications include: The New York Times, Salon.com, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston Business, Harvard Magazine, The Believer, Communications of the ACM, and Library Journal
Web Site: www.alexwright.org

JOHN ZAPOLSKI
Director, Stretegos
Education: BA, University of Chicago
Professional experience: Founding principal, Management Innovation Group; director of user experience practice development, Yahoo!; VP of customer experience research, Wells Gargo; strategist, HannaHodge
Clients include: The New York Times, Nokia, BT, Telefonica, AARP
Exhibitions and presentations include: Design Interfaces, University of California Berkeley; Towards Knowledge Building, SIGCHI; A Model of Capital Markets, Stanford University; Design [is not a] Strategy, IIT/ID Strategy conference; Power, AIGA Design conference; Customer-centered Planning: User Research as a Management Tool, forUSE 
Publications include: Boxes and Arrosw; IIT Institute of Design's Perspectives; BusinessWeek
Web Site: www.strategos.com

JEFFREY ZELDMAN
Founder, executive creative director, Happy Cog Studios; publisher, editor in chief, A List Apart. Co-founder: An Event Apart Design Conference, The Web Standards Project, Independents Day
Education: BA, Indiana University; MA, University of Virginia
Clients include: AIGA, America Online, Amnesty International, Advertising Age, Fox Searchlight Pictures, New York Public Library, United Nations Development Fund for Women, Warner Brothers Films
Books include: Designing with Web Standards (2nd edition), Taking Your Talent to the Web
Publications include: A List Apart, City Paper, Creativity, MacWorld, Photo District News, Washington Post
Web Sites: www.zeldman.com, www.alistapart.com, www.happycog.com, www.aneventapart.com