2023 Mentors

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2023 Mentors ✻

  • Abhay Vyas

    Principal Product Designer

  • Abigail Redington

    Senior Designer, The Washington Post

  • Alessandro Echevarria

    Art Director

  • Alvin Martinez

    Design Director, Arch Street Communications

  • Amy Roberts

    Designer, Signal

  • Ana Rice

    Designer, Apple

  • Andrew Afram

    Innovation Consulting Director, Salesforce

  • Andrew Dore

    Senior Product Designer, Games, The New York Times

  • Andrew Maruska

    Creative Director, House of 207

  • Anita Ming

    Art Director

  • Anna O'Connell

    Experience Architect, Slack

  • Anna Santiago

    Senior Product Designer, WeWork

  • Anu Jayasinghe

    Experience Design Lead, Publicis Sapient

  • Anuranjan Pegu

    Senior Designer, Environmental Defense Fund

  • Asha Newsom

    Visual Designer, IBM

  • Ashley Moody

    Product Designer, Spotify

  • Ashlyn Stewart Cavitt

    Designer, The New York Times

  • Avsar Modi

    Design, Salesforce

  • Bernard Boey

    Lead UX, Fitch Ratings

  • Bia Frenkel

    Product Designer, Teachable

  • Bill Kenney

    Co-Founder & CEO, Focus Lab

  • Brenna Adams

    Branding & Creative Manager

  • Brian E. Smith

    Design Director, School of Visual Arts

  • Brian McSherry

    Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Multimedia, Georgian Court University

  • BriElle Munizzi

    Senior Designer, Madwell

  • Brooke Kotzen

    Sr Graphic Designer, Self-Employed Freelance

  • Caroline Alix

    Sr Design Program Manager, Salesforce

  • Charlotte Sunnen

    Senior Designer, Lippincott

  • Chenwei Xu

    Designer, Microsoft

  • Chetan Singh Kunwar

    Senior Designer, Loyalkaspar

  • Chloe Duong

    Director of UX, Salesforce

  • Chloe, Koo

    UX Design Manager, Samsung Electronics

  • Chris Bowden

    Interaction Designer, EY

  • Christian Dexter

    Associate Designer, The Working Assembly

  • Christie Shin

    Professor at FIT, Partner/Design Director at Cynda Media Lab, Founding Member of the Figma EAB

  • Connie Lui

    Partner & Creative Director, YummyColours

  • Connor King

    Sr. Designer, Disney

  • Cristian Vargas

    Director, Typozon

  • Crystal Jeffs

    Self Employed

  • Dani Kennedy

    Manual Labor

  • Daniel Lindsey

    Designer, The New York Times

  • Daniela Castiblanco

    Creative and art director

  • Danne Woo

    Assistant Professor, Interaction Design, Queens College, CUNY

  • David Streich

    Senior Creative Lead, Disney Ad Sales Local Brand Solutions

  • Deb Caponera

    Assistant Professor Graphic Design and Illustration, Pratt Institute

  • Deborah Lynne Kugler

    Regional Design Lead, PepsiCo Beverages North America

  • Deesha Misra

    Director of Product Design, Accrete AI

  • DJ Pallotta

    Creative Director /Designer

  • Elaine Schwartz

    Senior Experience Consultant, Slack

  • Elena Avkhimovich

    Art Director, Amazon Music

  • Ellie Schwartz

    Designer, DesignB&B

  • Emma Wood

    Senior Designer, Madwell

  • Enrique de la Espriella

    Design and Brand Manager, The Walt Disney Company

  • Estelle Monteillet

    Creative Director, DoThings

  • Ezra Lee

    Associate Visual Designer, Brand, Wirecutter

  • Federico Rozo

    Creative & Design Director

  • Feixue Mei

    Assistant Professor, Northwest Missouri State University

  • Frank Leo Rivera

    Creative Lead, Yahoo

  • Gabriela Della Corna

    Creative Director, Kworq

  • Garrett Hourihan

    Senior UX/Visual Designer

  • Haley Stark

    Creative Director, Haley Stark LLC

  • Hanah Ho

    Senior Art Director, The New York Times

  • Hannah Nathans

    Designer, Aruliden

  • Harbor Bickmore

    Founder, That That Creative

  • Heather-Mariah Dixon

    Principal, Studio HMVD

  • HyoJin Kim

    Senior Designer, Spotify

  • Inês Ayer

    Designer & Art Director, Studio Ayer

  • Isabel Sierra Gómez de León

    Group Creative Director, Platform, Square

  • Jaclyn McKay

    Senior Designer, Riftweaver

  • Jae-eun Chung

    Design Lead, Meta

  • Jane Kim

    Sr. Strategist, Innovation Consulting, Salesforce

  • Jason Wheeler

    Sr. Art Director, Oliver Agency (Morgan Stanley)

  • Jen Beck

    Associate Design Director, Madwell

  • Jennifer Brumer

    UX Design Lead

  • Jennifer Hatfield

    Design Principal, IBM

  • Jennifer Yacoub

    Experience Designer, Northwestern Mutual

  • Jenny Anna

    Vice President, Creative Director, Vox Media

  • Jessica Moon

    Associate Program Director, Curriculum & Creative at ThriveDX

  • Jesse Johanning

    Associate Design Director, Pioneer Works

  • Jesse Ragan

    XYZ Type

  • Jessi Brattengeier

    Associate Creative Director, New York Times

  • Joe Marianek

    Designer, Educator, Creative Director at Small Stuff

  • John Wegner

    Associate Creative Director, Media.Monks

  • Jonathan Lee

    Design Director, Capsule

  • Johnny Selman

    Principal & ECD

  • Jordan Bevan

    Director of Product Design, Xandr

  • Joshua Kwassman

    Principal – Brand Designer / SQUAREAST

  • Juan Aguilar

    Senior Art Director, FIG

  • Julia Lovallo

    Creative Marketing Consultant

  • Julie Ruiz

    VP Creative Director / Global Design at VICE Media

  • Jun Chou

    Product Designer, The New York Times

  • Kat McCord

    Creative Director

  • Katherine Fisher

    Lab at OPM

  • Katie Clinton

    Lead User Experience Designer, Salesforce

  • Kevin Cadena

    Independent Graphic Designer and Web Developer

  • Kevin Smeeing

    Strategic Designer, Salesforce

  • Kristina Karaiskos

    Global Brand Design Director, Colgate-Palmolive

  • Kristina C. Unker

    Founder & Creative Strategist, MA'AM

  • Kristine Ortega

    Senior Product Designer, Spotify

  • Laura Scofield

    Sr. Design Manager, The Atlantic Re:think

  • Laureen Moyal

    Founder and Creative Director

  • Leanne Gan

    Graphic Designer, ACLU

  • Lee Delgado

    Designer, Freelance

  • Lisa Marie Grillos

    Senior Communications Designer, MuleSoft

  • Liya Safina

    Digital Product Director, Freelance (Nike, Alibaba, Google, Toyota)

  • Liza Pagano

    Creative Director, JSTOR

  • Lorenzo Fanton

    Creative Director & Designer, LFDS

  • Loriah Pope

    Product Designer, HubSpot

  • Lucy Chen

    Design Lead | AI & ML @IBM

  • Madeline Reidy

    Creative Manager, TopView Sightseeing

  • Maggie Gram

    Design Lead, Google

  • Marc Escobosa

    VP, Digital Strategy & Design

  • Megan Reed

    VP, UX & Product Design – The Infatuation

  • Melissa Dain

    Director, Culture & Change Strategy

  • Michael Miller

    Principal, Michael Miller Design

  • Michaela Mucha

    Design Manager, Disney+

  • Michelle Carlough

    Director of Design, Curative

  • Michelle Lee

    Visual Designer, IBM

  • Michelle Ng

    UI/UX Designer, Michelle Ng LLC

  • Mrinal Bhatia

    Senior Product Designer at PixleeTurnTo (now Emplifi)

  • Myrián Martínez

    Designer & Innovation Consulting Manager, Salesforce

  • Natalia Franco

    Freelance Branding Consultant, Designer

  • Neil Campbell

    Art Director, Oliver Wyman

  • Nicholas Schröder

    Operations & Business Lead, PORTO ROCHA

  • Nico Puertollano

    Co-Owner + Creative Director of Rezonate

  • Patrick Durgin-Bruce

    Founder & Creative Director, Ultravirgo

  • Pierre Janssen

    Creative Director, LUSHmedia

  • Rachael Yaeger

    Co-founder & Producer Human

  • Rebecca Shalloway

    Art Director + Creative Manager, Bed Bath & Beyond

  • Renata Gaui

    Senior UX Designer, Cisco

  • Renee Freiha

    Designer, Pentagram

  • Richard Arnold

    Senior Design Manager, Coinbase

  • Rob Jelinski

    Art Director, Infinite™ Design Agency

  • Robin Marshall

    VP, Strategy at CASE Agency

  • Robin Sodaro

    Creative Director, Elements of Design

  • Ronald Jay Gervacio

    UX Designer, IBM

  • Roshanak Keyghobadi

    Visiting Assistant Professor at Farmingdale State College - SUNY

  • Roshita Thomas

    Operations Associate, PORTO ROCHA

  • Ryan Fan

    Visual Designer, Code and Theory

  • Sacha Guyon

    Lead Product Manager

  • Saasha Gilkes

    Senior UX Designer, Optum

  • Sandra Heinzen

    Designer & Innovation Consulting Senior Manager, Salesforce

  • Saundra Marcel

    Owner, Design Minded

  • Sean K. Clancy

    Co-Founder, Spaceout Design

  • Serra Semi

    Freelance Creative Director

  • Shelly Chung

    Freelance Creative Director

  • Sid Ramnarace

    VP Product Development, Cuisinart

  • Simran Bansal

    Associate Product Designer, Salesforce

  • Sinem Erdemli

    Principal UX Designer, Red Badger

  • Sisi Recht

    Owner, Sisi Recht Studio

  • Soo Yun Kim

    Senior UX Designer, Google

  • Soona Kim

    Global Senior Creative, L'Oreal - Kiehl's

  • Soong Shin

    Director of Design, String and Key

  • Stephen Visconti

    Executive Creative Director, SJV|NY Design

  • Steve Guberman

    Owner, Agency Outsight

  • Sukanya Bose

    Designer, Interbrand NYC

  • Susan Huotari

    Senior Experience Architect, Salesforce

  • Suzanne LaGasa

    Creative Director

  • Sydney Saneun Hwang

    Designer, Level / HBO

  • Vivien Rico

    Product Design Architect, Salesforce

  • Wiebke Meyer-Lüters

    SVA Graduate Student

  • Yi Leng Lee

    Innovation Senior Director, Salesforce

  • Zenzile Sky Lark

    Design @ Madwell