Adrian is the UX creative director at iX, the experience design division of IBM Global Business Services.

Adriana Caliri is the co-founder of Renaissance-CEC, a global coaching firm based out of Andalucia, Spain. 

Alex Sinclair believes that smart words, inspiring images, and people-centered design provoke stories that build successful brands. 

Amy Hood is a Principal Designer and co-founder of Hoodzpah, Inc, a boutique branding studio in Southern California. 

Amy is a Product Designer at Tandem in Chicago, IL. She is a neurodiversity advocate and accessibility nerd.

Amy Tsang is a Senior Strategist at Bulletproof.

Badal Patel is a Graphic Designer and Art Director.

As the founder of LogoLounge.com – the international, searchable compendium of logos – Bill authored the affiliated bestselling LogoLounge book series, volumes 1-11, and is the author of the annual LogoLounge Logo Trend Report. 

Boyuan's career has spanned organizations impacting youth development, juvenile justice, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, environmental justice, music journalism, digital media, technology, women's entrepreneurship and more. 

Brandon Rochon is the Managing Chief Creative Officer at Kastner.

Brian co-founded Good Fucking Design Advice in 2010 while earning his MFA in Visual Communication Design from Kent State University. 

Brooke Foley is a strategic powerhouse with an unending passion
for giving back -- as a marketer, an advisor and as a compassionate
individual.

Carlos Whittaker is an Author.

Cecilia Ambros is currently the Head of UX Design for Amazon Fresh, Prime Now and Whole Foods Market.

Cey Adams, a New York City native, emerged from the downtown graffiti movement to exhibit alongside fellow artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. 

CHASE JARVIS is an award-winning artist, entrepreneur, and one of the most influential photographers of the past 20 years. 

Southern born and bred, Chris is 45% creative, 45% strategic and 10% BBQ. 

Chris (he/him) leads the product design practice at Devbridge. 

David Mekerishvili is the Creative Director at Wrike.

Edel Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1971.

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Emily Oberman is an award winning multidisciplinary designer whose work encompasses strategy, brand identity, motion graphics, publications, packaging, advertising, and websites.

Francesco Cordua is the Founder at Exultant Brands.

Garrett Jestice is the Director of Marketing at Lucidpress.

Gene Lee is the SVP of CX and Design at Mailchimp.

Gush Mundae is the Founder of Bulletproof.

Ivan Cash is an award-winning artist and filmmaker and founder of Cash Studios & IRL Labs. 

Spanning over 15 years experience in strategy, sales, facilitation and writing/editing, Jahan began a career in publishing as an Account Manager for Time Out New York before moving on to the editorial side as the Associate Editor for Beyond Race magazine. 

James I. Bowie’s research at Emblemetric explores trends in logo design by analyzing quantitative data from millions of trademark registrations from around the world. 

Janet Galore is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and designer based in Seattle.

Jason suffered the founding of Good Fucking Design Advice while earning his MFA in Visual Communication Design from Kent State University. 

Jennifer Aldrich is the Director of Community Engagement at InVision. 

Jennifer Hood is a mildly tortured creative based out of Orange County, CA. 

Jessica Helfand is the Co-Found of Design Observer.

Jezra Kaye, President of Speak Up for Success, is a Brooklyn-based public speaking coach, workshop leader, speechwriter, and keynote speaker with more than 25 years of experience in corporate, not-for-profit, and start-up communications.

Jim Langlois is the Executive Producer at Quarter4 Media. 

Jolene Delisle is the Co-Founder and Creative Director at The Working Assembly.

Julia Beardwood is Founding Partner at Beardwood&Co., a NYC branding agency focused on strategy, innovation and design.

Justin Ahrens's passion for life is rooted in his creative firm's dedication to "making creative matter®." 

Kate is from the UK however now lives in Woodstock, New York and has a degree in electronics from Salford University and PhD in physics from Cambridge University but believes the most useful things she learnt in life were discovered during four years of travel through Australia and Asia and in particular working on a sheep farm for two years in the Australian outback.

Laurel Rossi is the Chief Partnerships Officer at Organic.

Lauren received her M.S. in Organizational Learning & Change at Northwestern University and is a Certified Executive Coach. 

In her role as Director, Strategy + Organizational Design at frog, Linda provides a broad range of consultative services to build capability and improve organizational performance with clients globally. 

Marc Reiter has worked closely with Metallica for over a quarter century, the three years at the band’s Bay Area headquarters as their “Chief Creative Guy”, as well as overseeing their record label, Blackened Recordings (Billboard Magazine’s 2017 #1 Independent Albums Label of the Year).

Melissa Talcott is the Studio Manager at Workfront.

Mitzi Okou is the Co-founder at Where are the Black Designers. 

Nikita Prokhorov an award-winning lettering artist, graphic designer, and design teacher.

2020 HOW Design Live Virtual On-Demand Sessions.

Rapha Abreu is the VP, Global Head of Design at Restaurant Brands International.

Rob Harrigan is a visual creative who is passionate about doing and building. 

Robert Generette III is an award winning illustrator, former art educator and self-proclaimed "vector art monster" hailing from Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.

Roxane Gay is a Author/Film & Television Write.

Sarah Federman is a front end engineer and UX designer who loves applying systems thinking to solve product problems. 

Scott Belsky is the Chief Product Officer at Adobe.

Scott Morrison is the Founder and Bringer of the Boom! Co-founder of Loops!.

Sebastian Shaw is the Director of Strategic Development at Adobe.

Selina Hull is a Client Director at Bulletproof, a brand design agency with studios in London, New York, Amsterdam, Singapore and Sydney.

Soyoung Kang is the Chief Marketing Officer at eos Products, the iconic lipcare brand that has sold over half a billion lip balms worldwide.

Stefan Mumaw is the Director of Narrative Strategy at First Person. 

Stella Guan is an award-winning visual designer. 

Stephen Gates is the Head Design Evangelist at InVision.

Taylor is a North Carolina-based multidisciplinary creative and community builder that’s passionate about people, design, and all the intersections in between. 

Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, and brand advisor, and works with individuals and organizations to help nail their messaging and engage clients, customers, and fans. 

Tom Szaky is founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a global leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams.

Tommy Perez is the Maker at Tommy Perez Design.

As VP of Brand Creative at Axon Seattle, Tony Biaggne has made a career out of staying uncomfortable. 

Victor Yocco, PhD is a UX research director at EY-Intuitive, a Philadelphia-based design studio. 

Vladimir Petkovic is the Creative Director at Adobe 3D&1.

Von is creative director of Glitschka Studios a small two-person boutique design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. 

Wes McDermott is the Head of Substance Demo Artist Team at Adobe.

Yocasta Lachapelle is Director of Talent at COLLINS, an independent strategy and brand experience design company. 

Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born designer, art director, illustrator and animator in New York City who wants to make everyday a razzle-dazzle musical.