collected the profiles

Meet this year’s attendees
Bruce Ashley
Tammy Aramian
I produce exceptionally high quality pieces for
print in the areas of education, health and
wellness, high-tech, travel, consumer products,
and non-profits. Equally productive in team and
solo settings; off- or on-site. Meets challenges
head-on. Specialties: Creative Direction and Print
Production Management – Graphic Design & Production with high proficiency in Adobe InDesign,
Photoshop, Illustrator & Acrobat – Unobtrusive
event photographer with an eye for “the decisive
moment” – Photo editor (meaning selection, not
image enhancement, although I do that as well).
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For over forty years
I’ve been working as a
freelance photographer
out of my studio in
Santa Cruz, California.
You’ve might remember
my work for Apple
in the 80s and 90s; I did the “grainy” product
illustrations on the kraft cardboard packages.
And Amazon, where I recently made the photo
lockscreens that came on the Kindles that didn’t
have “special offers” running. I’m currently staying close to home, making product photographs
and shooting location portraits for Plantronics and
Driscolls. First used Photoshop 1.0.1 in 1989 from
a pre-release bootleg on a Mac II with the 12˝ B/W
Monitor. Collaborated on what were arguably the
first independent Photoshop workshops in the early
90s. Am looking forward to attending my first ADIM
and updating Lightroom on iOS skills. As I move
into semi-retirement I hope to participate in the
local fine art scene and travel to Cuba to fly fish
for Baby Tarpon. Maybe restore the ’72 SAAB Sonnett in the garage.
Mary K.
Baumann
Mary K. Baumann is
a partner in the Minneapolis strategic
design firm Hopkins/
Baumann, specializing in publication design. She has lectured internationally and nationally on visual trends and
is presently along with her partner Will Hopkins
creative director of American Craft magazine. She
is also founding director of the conference See
Change: The Power of Visual Communication. Hopkins/Baumann recently relocated after
years in New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. She
has designed and redesigned such magazines
as Life, People, Money, GEO, Kids Discover, Architectural Digest, and Claudia, the leading
women’s magazine in Brazil. Baumann has worked
as both an editor and art director at Time Inc.
http://hopkinsbaumann.com
www.phot.com
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Micah is the creative
director for Mancini’s
Sleepworld, a regional
sleep products retailer. He
has been active in graphic
design for over 25 years
and has attended MAX for
several years and this is his second ADIM. Micah
is web designer and contributor at pixeLobby.com
and a Sphere 1 apprentice in the Arcanum. Micah
lives in California’s Central Valley and is loved by
his wife Shaina and his dog Max.
David William Crist
Joseph Caserto
Micah Burke
Joseph Caserto is
excited to be attending
ADIM for the sixth
time this year! He is
an award-winning
graphic artist, educator and consultant based in New York City, and a
graduate of Pratt Institute, where he was among
the first students to use the Apple Macintosh as
a design tool. Joe has over 20 years of professional experience in publication art direction and
design, and his clients have included BusinessWeek, Marie Claire, and Vibe. His award-winning
work includes projects from ADIM 13-16. He is
an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Digital Communications and Media at New York University,
has taught at The City College of New York,
and has courses in Adobe software available at
Udemy.com. Joe presented a demo of InDesign
techniques at ADIM 14.
Web: josephcaserto.com
Twitter: @josephcaserto
Facebook: facebook.com/josephcaserto
Udemy: tinyurl.com/udemy-jc
YouTube: youtube.com/user/josephcaserto
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Josh Campbell
Growing up in St.Lou
and living in the big
O have given me a
unique Midwest influence for design. Most
of my enjoyment comes
from creating vector based illustration and
incorporating pop-art where ever possible. I have
a background in fine-art and strengthened my
skills with the brilliant staff over at Lindenwood
University. At Lindenwood I was able to play
football and study a well rounded curriculum to
balance my professional career. I began in 2005
creating packaging and catalogs for Eddie Bauer,
Swiss Gear, Wenzel, and Wanger. Since then I
have created amazing posters for some of my
favorite films from the action era (think anything
with Stallone, except Rhinestone) and some really
cool work for my favorite companies! Like Vanilla
Ice said “If you have a problem, yo I’ll solve it!”
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I’m the owner of MacConsulting Maui that
started in 1990. I bought
the first built in color Mac,
the llCi in 1989. Started
helping individuals and
small businesses buy
hardware and software, setup and install, teach
& maintain computers. Worked with ad agencies,
restaurant chain and a lot of individual artists,
mostly painters, who discovered how much
digital photography could help them in their
work. Did IT work for many years with the largest
whale watching organization in Hawaii. Enjoy
photography, painting and water sports. Involved
in art community and for years on the board of
Art Maui that helps budding artists get college
scholarships in the arts. I have been a helper for
ADIM/Russell since ADIM 4 in 2001.
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Jan Davis
A graduate of Art Center
College of Design,
creative director and
founder Jan Davis lives
and works in Silicon
Valley. Positions at CBS,
Raychem, Atari and Apple kept her busy before
the launch of Davis Design in 1993. Jan helps
clients in a variety of fields build their brand.
These include high tech, private jet aviation,
women’s health care, food service management,
and nonprofits. Jan is a volunteer, sponsor and
member of the board for the Westwind 4-H Riding for the Handicapped program, which gives
children with disabilities an opportunity to build
confidence and coordination while riding a horse.
The example shown is from a 6-month exhibit at
the Los Altos History Museum.
jandavisdesign.com
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Kath Christensen
MFA Cal Arts;
Professor Digital Media Columbia College.
Freelance Designer.
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Monique T.
De Salvo
Paul Davis
Paul Davis is an American artist and graphic
designer. Born and raised in Oklahoma, he
attended the School of Visual Arts in New York
on scholarship and was a member of Push Pin
Studios before starting his own studio in 1963.
He developed a distinctive illustration style that
influenced countless others, and his paintings
and posters have been the subject of exhibitions
and museum retrospectives in the U.S., France,
Italy, Japan and China. He served as art director
for Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival
from 1975 until the producer’s death in 1991,
and in 2014 the Public Theater installed a permanent gallery of his most iconic posters. Davis
was founding art director for two experimental
magazines, Normal and Wigwag, and designed
the opening exhibition for the Museum of the
Moving Image. Honors include the coveted AIGA
Medal, honorary doctorates from School of Visual
Arts and the Maryland Institute College of Art, a
special Drama Desk Award, and induction into
the Halls of Fame of the Art Directors Club and
the Society of Illustrators. He was a longtime
faculty member of the School of Visual Arts,
and is a Fellow and Resident of the American
Academy in Rome. What can I say – I love
what I do. It gives me
great satisfaction to create visually compelling
marketing materials that
communicate at a very
high level. It is equally
challenging and rewarding. I earned a BFA from the
Peck School of the Arts at UWMilwaukee. My career
involves work at an ad agency, in-house marketing departments and freelance design. I am
currently freelancing and loving it. I love to travel
and have an exciting 100 day trip to Europe
planned for this summer and fall. I am married,
have 2 daughters and 1 grandson with another
arriving in June.
I am excited to be back
for my 2nd ADIM. I am
a graphic designer and
storyteller. I am also a
musical theatre performer,
director and scenic designer. I am a Marvel
Comics fan, an avid reader
and filmgoer. My husband Keith and I moved to
Palm Springs, CA from the Chicago suburbs three
years ago and we love it here. And yes, I will be
singing another fabulous ditty for the talent show
again this year. www.duebnerdesign.com
[email protected]
www.desalvostudio.com
414-467-5576
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Ken Eddings
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Mara Doane
As Creative Director
for AllCare Management Services, a health
system in Southern
Oregon, Mara develops
the brand across all
media channels including web, print, TV and
radio. Ms. Doane earned a BS from Colorado
State University and has worked in communication arts for more than 30 years. She “dabbles”
in watercolor and is an urban beekeeper and
home winemaker.
pauldavisposters.com
Mark Duebner
Ken Eddings has been a
network manager at Apple,
Inc. for 23 years, currently responsible for all
of Apple’s domains. He’s
been supporting conferences and Apple launch
events for almost as many years, and has been
involved with ADIM and it’s predecessor workshop
since 1994.
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Isabelle
Englund-Geiger
Isabelle Englund-Geiger
is the co-founder and
Chief Experience Officer
at Benz Communications,
a benefits communications agency based in
San Francisco. Isabelle manages the overall user
experience for every audience that Benz touches—
the Benz team, clients and their employees, prospective clients and thought leaders throughout
the benefits industry. She instills Benz’ values and
purpose into all aspects of the work by integrating best practices in design and user experience.
Isabelle has over 20 years of experience in roles of
Art Director and Creative Director. Born and raised
in Sweden, she spent the last 25 years in California. A few years ago, she left San Francisco and
relocated to Truckee, to fully embrace her active,
outdoorsy lifestyle, happily working remotely. When
not working, you can find Isabelle on the slopes,
hiking the Sierra or playing in her craft studio.
Ana Gavassa
Ana Milena Gavassa holds
a Bachelor’s of Arts in Art
Studio from the University
of Alabama at Birmingham and a MBA from Troy
University. She has training
and experience in industry
and academia in the areas
of graphic design, marketing and advertising. Currently, she is a Senior Instructor in the Department
of Mass Communications at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, where
she teaches graphic and media design. Prior to
her academic career, she worked as a graphic
designer for the Eternal World Television Network
(EWTN) in the USA, El Mundo Newspaper in Bolivia,
and as Marketing Manager for a security firm in
Bolivia. Early in her career, Ana also worked as
Marketing Assistant for the Japanese International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), in Bolivia
www.benzcommunications.co
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Joel Grimes
Joel graduated from the University of Arizona in
1984 with a BFA in Photography, and soon established a commercial studio in Denver, Colorado.
Joel has been selected as one of Canon’s exclusive
Explorer of Light photographers. For over 30 years,
Joel has worked for many of the top advertising
agencies and corporations across the globe. Over
the years his assignments have taken him to every
state across the USA and 50 countries around the
globe. In 1990, Joel produced his first coffee table
book, Navajo, Portrait of a Nation which received
a number of photographic and design awards and
he produced an eighteen-month, sixty-print solo
exhibition at the Smithsonian American History
museum in Washington, DC. Joel currently has a
photo studio located in Phoenix, Arizona where he
resides with his wife, Amy.
Web Site: www.joelgrimes.com
Blog: www.joelgrimesworkshops.com
Twitter: joelgrimesphoto
Facebook: joelgrimesphotography
Instagram: joelgrimesphotography
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Louis Fishauf
Louis Fishauf is a graphic designer, illustrator
and art director. He has worked at a succession of Canadian consumer and special interest
publications including Chatelaine, The City, City
Woman, Executive, T.O., Saturday Night, Toronto
Life and Global Brief. In 1982 he was co-founder
of Reactor Art & Design in Toronto where he
was creative director for 12 years. He currently
designs and art directs Global Brief magazine
and teaches part time at OCAD University. He is
a recipient of the ADCC’s highest honour, the Les
Usherwood Award for “a lifetime of excellence in
the field of communication arts”.
www.fishauf.com/portfolios
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Dana Hayward
Gilbert Gomez
A Graduate of Parsons The New School for Design,
Gilbert honed his talents in corporate design and
branding before applying them to creative for
marketing and advertising. He is a principal at
Laughing Samurai, and as Creative Director he is
responsible for translating customer insights and
brand values into effective creative.
Dana Hayward is senior
manager, digital content
at HarperCollins Children’s
books in New York, where
she manages the division’s
InDesign composition team and digital archives,
and is a veteran trainer and all-around troubleshooter. One of the things she enjoys most about
her work is deconstructing print-ready projects
and putting them together again in new ways.
After hours Dana’s secret identity emerges, and
she designs graphic novels and other pop culture
materials. Dana is thrilled to be returning to ADIM
for the sixth time!
http://laughingsamurai.com
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Will Hopkins
Will Hopkins is a partner in
the Minneapolis strategic
design firm Hopkins/
Baumann, specializing in
publication design. Hopkins/Baumann recently
relocated after years in New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hopkins is
presently a creative director at American Craft magazine and designs books for Milkweed Editions. He gained his early reputation working for Willy
Fleckhaus at Twen magazine in Germany. In 1967
he became art director of Look. He was founding partner in the startups of American Photographer and American Health magazines. Mr. Hopkins
has redesigned many magazines throughout his
career, including L’Express (France), Claudia (Brazil), Forbes, Money, Sports Afield, GEO, and Food & Wine.
http://hopkinsbaumann.com
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Named one of Fast
Company’s “100 Most
Creative People in Business,” Julieanne Kost is
a Principal Evangelist
at Adobe Systems,
responsible for fostering
relationships with customers through meaningful and inspirational Photoshop and Lightroom
instruction. As a highly sought-after speaker for
the industry-standard Digital Imaging franchise, she devises and presents motivating and
educational training sessions, sharing original
techniques and tutorials worldwide — via live
events, Adobe.com, her own website (jkost.
com) and blog (blogs.adobe.com/jkost). She is
also the author of Passenger Seat—Creating a
photographic project from conception through execution in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Window Seat — The Art of Digital Photography and
Creative Thinking, an accomplished photographer and fine artist, and creator and host of the
popular Photoshop CC Essential Training, Adobe
Camera Raw Essential Training, and the Art of
Photoshop Compositing for Lynda.com.
Blog: blogs.adobe.com/jkost
Portfolio: jkost.net
Website: www.jkost.com Twitter: twitter.com/julieannekost Facebook: www.facebook.com/julieannekost
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannekost
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jkost/
Jackie Klisuric
In 1988 I was working as
an airbrush illustrator/
retoucher in an art studio.
My bosses walked in and
handed me a Quark manual and said, “We bought
a computer. Learn this.”
That’s pretty much been
my career since then. A “Jackie of all Trades” who
just keeps learning new skills as bosses say “Hey
learn this.” (thanks Lynda.com!) I am currently
the art director for The Cleveland Botanical Garden/Holden Arboretum, but please don’t blame
me for the websites!! I’m a one-woman band and
have to McGyver things on a small budget. The
words “Jackie can’t you just...?” ring in my ears
continually. Here’s a link to graphic design for our
summer benefit called Woodland Twilight. Logo,
color scheme, invitation, save the date postcard,
webpage with raffle items and raffle ticket.
https://indd.adobe.com/view/4cca5ed1bd6b-487
f-acad-c8734b707b38
Dave Kuhar
Julieanne Kost
From running PageMaker off floppy disks,
to being an Illustrator
88 user, to running his
first copy of Photoshop
off a SyQuest because his hard drive was too
full, Dave built his career on Adobe products.
He mastered chops and rejoiced when PS added
layers, struggled with figuring out why Illustrator
has two pen tools while Freehand only had one,
and more than once slept on the floor of his
office, keeping a watchful eye as Premiere tried
to render a multi-layer file without crashing. As a
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Few, Dave has done
work in video/TV editing, graphic design, web
design/development, and pretty much anything
else a client will pay him for. Dave moved from
Cleveland to San Jose a couple of years ago to
be, as his mother reminds him, “around your
people.” Turns out she was right: he’s really looking forward to meeting his people at ADIM.
w: transmitstudio.com
t: @davekuhar
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Robert Lamarche
Robert (Robear) Lamarche
is a French-Canadianborn sculptor, mask-maker
and costume designer
who uses Photoshop and
Illustrator extensively to
conceptualize and visualize most of his traditional media art projects
before he even starts cutting or sculpting. He
currently grows his beard in Ojai, California.
http://www.nimblearts.com
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Corey Lewis
I have had a passion for
art ever since I could pick
up a pencil. I came to
grow a love for design as
I got older, and decided
to pursue a bachelors
degree in Fine Arts from
Boise State University.
I’m a fresh designer in the professional community, and know that there is always something
new and exciting to learn from. My design philosophy is to strive towards designs that “mean
something” as opposed to those that just look
pretty and polished.
Hirokazu Matsuyama
Jason Occhipinti
I was born in Japan in
1963. Educated from
Musashino Art University.
Now I’m a self-employed
editorial designer of UDM
co., ltd. in Shibuya,Tokyo. Also I’ve been doing art
prints using Photoshop and pigment inkjet for
several years.
Jason Occhipinti is
a web designer/
developer hailing
from Upstate New
York and Founder of
Positive Space LLC,
an agency-startup specializing in digital and
responsive web design. He is former Director
of Communication for AIGA Upstate New York
Chapter, whose work has been recognized by
Graphic Design USA Magazine, Adobe Systems,
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), The
State University of New York (SUNY), and AIGA.
He is also an adjunct professor at Pratt MWP,
the SUNY System, and Lindsey WIlson College,
where he teaches Communications design, and
Interactive Design.
HP: http://udm-design.com/
FB : http://www.facebook.com/UDMdesign
Tumblr : http://hirokazu-matsuyama.tumblr.com
Portfolio link: https://www.behance.net/
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Mary Moffet
Maria Masiar
I’ve been designing in one form or another since
Photoshop 3.0. My 18 year design career has
been web-centric building out flows, wireframes,
designs, and HTML/CSS for websites and applications. Industries have ranged from automotive, IT,
natural resources, education, e-commerce, and
government for a multitude of clients ranging from
IBM to the UN. In the last few years my focus has
shifted to mobile first application design while
leading/building user experience teams in agile
environments. Design has always been my first
love and I still love to just sit down and geek out
with Photoshop. I have written tutorials for and
been featured in Advanced Photoshop magazine
from the UK, as well as winning second place for
composition from Photoshop User magazine.
Links: http://www.mariamasiar.com/portfolio/
Portfolio_MariaMasiar.pdf
Links: http://www.mariamasiar.com
Original Work: Poseidon’s Daughter (pictured)
Art and design run
deep in my family, so
although I started out
as a musician…I ended
up where I should have
been all along–in design.
For the last 25+ years,
I’ve been designing/art directing for a number
of companies, both very large and very small.
Currently, I’m working for QuaverMusic.com,
a company that has developed the first online
music curriculum for general music classroom in
schools worldwide. I help lead a team of 7 artists
and animators and I exclusively handle all print/
physical design projects, while also doing email
marketing, UX/UI, and Interactive design. Being
mostly self-taught, I’m a voracious digester of
all things design and am always seeking to learn
something new. I’m a (rare) native of Nashville,
TN and love living and working in the Music
Industry on Music Row. I’m happily married to a
professional studio/touring musician who would
love for me to have enough free time to design
him a new website! This is my third ADIM conference and I’m excited to be back. More about me: behance.net/mmoffet
Instagram: instagram.com/mmoffet31
My company’s website: quavermusic.com
Chris Penree
Creative Lead HR Programs & Engagement
for 23,000 employees at
Harris Corp. I create engaging and informative
materials to introduce
employees to new programs and educated them
on existing systems our company uses. I spend
most of my time battling Sharepoint to create
modern web designs, developing trainings and
making witty recruitment materials. I’m also a
freelance photographer which allows me to meet
and capture the souls of interesting people, free
many beers from their prison known as “bottles”
and hang out the back of moving vehicles to take
blurry images of fast cars.
day job: www.harris.com
passion: www.getgreencouch.com
instagram: www.instagram.com/cpenree
behance: www.behance.net/cpenree
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Jeremy Perez
Jeremy Perez is an Arizona
based art director. He
works with a brilliant,
in-house creative team
for the medical products
division of W. L. Gore &
Associates. He got his start in the quick-print
business 26 years ago. It was a hopeful time,
when Aldus PageMaker Color Extension hinted
at things the trusty old Mac SE30 wasn’t quite
geared to dish out. These days, when he’s not
wrangling comps, briefs, brand, and gnarly slices
of human anatomy, you might find him with a
camera under a star-filled Arizona sky or a spinning Great Plains supercell trying to capture the
humbling power and beauty of the experience.
Because a camera can’t fill in every crevice of
aesthetic and scientific interest, he also writes
and illustrates for astronomy publications in
the US and UK. This will be Jeremy’s fifth ADIM
conference and he’s looking forward to the robust
flavors of inspiration, education, and creative
energy that only ADIM can deliver.
Instagram: http://instagram.com/jperezmedia/
Media Hub: http://perezmedia.net
Michelle
Roberts
Laura Urban Perry
I love helping companies make their brands clear
and memorable; using typography and layout to
create order out of chaos. My design consultancy
transforms marketing strategies into highly effective visual communications, brands, products and
user experiences. I’ve won some Webbys along the
way. Before starting my business, I was creative
director at Aldus/Adobe and worked with Russell
Brown—teaching and speaking internationally
about PageMaker / InDesign; Acrobat, and Adobe’s
early web tools. When not working, I’m out in
nature inspired by the moon, the tides, and the
transformational power of looking up.
Business site: www.lauraurbanperry.com
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The Brand Expert /
President of Novus Be Known, Inc.
In 2013 Michelle
founded Novus,
in Rochester, N.Y.
born out of the
desire to reach her
full potential and
help her clients do
the same. More than anything Michelle wants to
see her clients be successful, share their story
and message with the world to make it a better
place. In just under three short years Michelle and
her team have branded over 40 plus clients, meriting ten design awards that range from illustration
work, logo design and website design. Michelle
seamlessly marries skills and talents with strategy
and execution, creating win-win relationships
with everyone she works with. She is a connector,
creative strategist, watercolor artist and owner of
another business venture called Messenger Birds. Website: www.Novusbeknown.com & www.messengerbirds.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/
micmar002?trk=hp-identity-name
Monica Preston
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Monica is a print and
digital designer from
Detroit, Michigan
presently residing
in sunny southern
California. She holds
a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from
Michigan State University. Currently employed
as a Marketing Specialist for Prospect Mortgage,
Monica has also worked as the Art Director and
Senior Graphic Designer for Off The Easel Magazine and exclusive art galleries in San
Diego, Laguna Beach, Beverly Hills, CA, Las
Vegas, NV, and Breckenridge, CO. Before venturing 2,000 miles away from home, she was a
full-time Designer and Editor for The State News.
Since 2004, Monica has engaged in numerous
freelance design projects under the name Faire
Design Studio. Monica is very passionate about
her design work is thrilled to be able to attend
ADIM16 with all these amazing artists!
www.monicapreston.com
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Lola Maehle Sanchez
Joyce Robinson
Joyce Robinson is a
graphic designer and
quilt artist. She is a
former art director,
designer, technical
illustrator, and
photographer/stylist for a number of national
quilting and craft magazines including The Quilt
Life, McCall’s Quilting, Quilters Newsletter,
Quilter’s Home, and Love of Knitting. Most of her
quilt art has been published and she loves to
teach quilting. One of her titles was voted one
of the 10 best new magazines by the Library
Journal. Her design clients include a quilt label
start-up company, a national quilting personality
and fabric designer, a quilting tv show, and
a major quilting product distributor. She has
recently moved to Portland, Oregon from Boulder,
Colorado and loves to ski, travel, garden, and
hang with her labradoodle.
www.joycerobinson.com
Lola Maehle is Oliver
Gal’s art director and cofounder. Oliver Gal is the
leading US-decorative-art
manufacturer. With just
over 5,000 pieces in her
portfolio, mostly done on Photoshop, she is one
of the most prolific artists of our time. Having
studied Luxury Management in LUISS University
in Rome, while learning Graphic Design and exploring the art world possibilities on her own, she
started a small revolution to bring a millennials’
point of view to the home décor industry.
Her client list includes names like Restoration
Hardware, Z Gallerie, Forever 21, Hallmark, Nordstrom and more. Her art has been featured in
publications such as Cosmopolitan, Seventeen,
InStyle, Interior Design Magazine, Home Accents
Today and Furniture Today. https://www.instagram.com/sanchezlola/
Website: www.olivergal.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolasanchezherrero
Pictured art: Lover’s Waltz. Done entirely with
Photoshop. Then printed and enhanced.
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As a Creative Director with
more than eighteen years
of creative leadership
and hands-on production experience, Tzeitel
brings a deep passion for
innovation and creativity to every project she leads. Tzeitel has led
diverse teams of artists, brand managers, and
marketing specialists, serving non-profit and
for profit clients across a range of industries.
Most recently, she served as Associate Director of
Creative Services at The American Association for
the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she
led the development, publication, and launch of
scientific community campaigns and public affairs outreach efforts for which she was awarded
eight MARCOM awards over the past two years.
Today, Tzeitel serves as Creative Director for the
American Diabetes Association, where she leads
a talented team of designers and marketing
managers to help prevent and cure diabetes
and improve the lives of all people affected by
diabetes. Tzeitel is a professionally trained artist
with a multicultural background. Born in Costa
Rica and raised in Ecuador, she possesses a
unique perspective on the fusion of art, science,
and culture, with a unique ability to imbue
her designs with universal meaning that evokes
delight and changes perspectives.
www.tzstudio.com
f: tzstudio, LLC
t: @tsorrosa
Luanne Seymour
Valerie Sablin
I was brought to
United States as
a girl during the
winter of 1991,
along with hundreds
of other refugees
trying to escape a
life under the Soviet yoke. Kansas City has been
our home since. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a BFA in Graphic Design
and Illustration, I worked in different markets
and industries to finally land with Kiewit Power,
where I’ve been since. I’ve designed and art
directed professionally for over 13 years. Today
I am a Creative Manager and sole designer
for Kiewit’s Power division in Lenexa, KS. I am so
very fortunate and grateful to have the opportunity to attend this year’s ADIM conference. It’s a
privilege to be around the talented and unique
people attending and teaching. To listen to their
experiences, interests and ideologies…
I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of this
year’s class.
Tzeitel Sorrosa
Luanne Seymour is a
designer, author, and
teacher who has worked
for Adobe for more than
23 years. She has taught
many people over the years
but her favorites have been
1st graders and Adobe interns. She’s a nerdy designer who loves to take pictures with her iphone.
On Friday nights she likes to watch action movies
while holding hands with her sweetie. She looks
forward to the day when she has her own selfdriving car and thinks that Lego instructions are
absolutely brilliant graphic design.
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https://instagram.com/luanne.seymour/
https://www.behance.net/LuanneSeymour
Blog: https://luanneseymour.wordpress.com/
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Kevin Stohmeyer
I am a designer specializing in digital illustration
with over 20 years experience in the field. I have
been teaching professionally since 2000 both in
higher education and at
professional training centers. I love educating
others and sharing my passion for technology
and design. A self-proclaimed geek, my experience with publications, workflow and illustration
enhances my credibility as an Adobe Certified
Instructor and Adobe Creative Leader.
kevinstohlmeyer.com
stohlmeyerconsulting.com
facebook.com/KevinStohlmeyer/
@kstohl
Diana Wah-Lung
Diana Wah-Lung is an
illustrator and graphic
designer in Miami, FL.
Soon after graduating
from Miami International
University of Art and
Design with a Bachelors
in Fine Arts, she found
her dream job at Oliver Gal Artist Co. as the Jr.
Art Director. Constantly blending the boundaries
between the digital and traditional art worlds,
Diana is known for her magical watercolor ink
mixes and awarded innovative techniques. She
loves illustrating dreamy worlds with wild creatures and breath-taking typographical styles.
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Jean Waschow
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Lori Susi
Lori Susi, Web and Print
Communications Design
Coordinator in De Anza
College’s Marketing/
Communications Office,
has worked at the college
since 1983. Lori has won
numerous state, regional
and national design awards over the years from
community college professional marketing organizations and has been fortunate enough to attend
two previous ADIM conferences.
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Jean Waschow is currently
the web content developer
for Bosch with over twenty
years of web and graphic
design experience. Jean is
the corporate design expert and knows how, when
and where to push the limits for the best design
that stays within guidelines. She recently contributed to the website redesign and maintains
the site as well as creates all the microsites for
various automotive products/promotions. When
she isn’t working and time allows she likes to
dabble in painting, photography and learning
everything Adobe!
Terry White
Terry White – Principal
Worldwide Design &
Photography Evangelist
for Adobe Systems,
Inc. Terry has been
with Adobe for over 19
years and has extensive knowledge of Adobe’s
Creative Professional product line. In his current
position, he leads the charge of getting customers excited and educated about Adobe Creative
Cloud products and services. Terry is an Adobe
Certified Expert. He has been active in the industry
for over 25 years and is the founder and past
president of MacGroup-Detroit, “ Michigan’s largest Macintosh users group. Terry is the host of the
top ranked award winning Adobe Creative Cloud
TV and has one of the most popular channels
on YouTube. He is also the author of Secrets of
the Adobe Bridge and co-author of The iPhone
Book, The iPhone Book 2nd Edition, The iPhone
Book 3rd Edition, The iPhone Book 4th Edition, The
iPhone Book 5th Edition, The iPhone Book 6th
Edition and InDesign CS/CS2 Killer Tips. Terry is
a key presenter at major industry shows around
the world.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/terrylwhite
Facebook: http://facebook.com/terrywhitefans
Behance: http://www.behance.net/terrywhite
Instagram: http://instagram.com/terryleewhite
Periscope: http://periscope.tv/terrylwhite
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Work website: www.BoschAutoParts.com
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/jwaschow
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Jake Weien
“Creative” Jake Weien
has been pushing pixels
as an artist/illustrator
and graphic designer
since 1994. Recently, he
has been exploring and
applying his technical knowledge towards more
self-fulfilling flat and three-dimensional fine art
using new mobile software, alternative photographic techniques, and laser cutters.
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Joseph Wilhelm
I am a documentary
photographer with an
art and engineering
foundation. By the
late 1990’s, I was
immersed in photodigital technology and my professional experience
includes consulting and collaboration as well
as catalog and magazine photography. Current
concentration is mostly focused on the fine arts.
I provide digital media services for electronic
delivery as well as commercial and fine art printing. I specialize in fine art reproduction, portfolio
photography, collaborative digital art creation, and
photo documentation of process and landscape
including time-lapse, panoramic, and giga-pixel
resolution for virtual reality. My business name is
Meridian Fine Art. I also work as an independent
photographer under the name Meridian Photo. My
primary interest is on the cultural landscape and
people’s interaction with the environment. Most
recently I’ve become an artist in residence to our
local school district where I support the artistic
and creative use of technology within a STEAM
driven curriculum. I live and work near the town
of Blue Lake and share a 120 year old country
cottage with my family. We garden, raise chickens,
and enjoy life on the North Coast of California.
www.meridianfineart.net
www.meridianphoto.com
www.instagram.com/meridian_photo/
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Brian Kekoa Yap
Is an Illustrator and
designer that works
heavily with poster style
vector artwork and has
fully absorbed drawing
on the iPad with Adobe
Draw into his process. His work is inspired by a
mish-mash of influences including old punk
flyers, skate decks, classic pen and ink illustration and comics. You can see Brian’ work in music posters, packaging and editorial illustration
at www.brianyap.com. He has also recently joined
the team at Adobe, helping spread the word of a
new way to create with mobile apps. http://www.brianyap.com
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