Meet The Board: 2025-2026

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome six new board members this year (Kojo Boateng, Tova Diamond, Inma Hortas, Anne Latini, Alice Morgan and Faith Stafford) and congratulate the 2025-2026 officers (Dian Holton, Rashida Morgan-Brown, Susanna Hayward, Emily Furlani and Brian Lutz). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board!

Get to know the 2025-2026 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

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OFFICERS

Dian Holton
PRESIDENT
Art Director
AARP, AARP The Magazine, TheGirlfriend.com, Sistersletter.com, AARPEthel.com

3 things you can’t live without: Sugar, fun accessories (sneakers, totebag, jewelry), glasses.

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Rashida Morgan-Brown
VICE PRESIDENT
Creative Director
rashidasdesigns.com

Favorite TV show: I like home makeover & remodeling shows. There's something about the creative transformation process that I love.

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Susanna Hayward
VICE PRESIDENT
Art Director
New York Magazine

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Travel more, find more time for creative projects, learn to roller skate! 

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Emily Furlani
SECRETARY
Assistant Art Director, Features
The Wall Street Journal

3 things you can’t live without: A sense of humor, a good pillow, and regular pedicures.

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Brian Lutz
TREASURER
Illustrator and Adjunct Professor
University of Hartford

What’s your superpower? I make people happy with drawings.

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DIRECTORS

Kojo Boateng
Creative Director
PBS News Hour

3 things you can’t live without: A good nights sleep, my wife, good music.

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Davian-Lynn Hopkins
Director of Photography
Pentagram

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

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Anne Latini
Art Director
Fast Company

What’s your superpower? Always starting from a place
of “yes”.

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Tova Diamond
Head of Brand Creative
The Washington Post

Advice for young creatives? Sketch on paper. Print out your work. Touch grass. Live out loud!

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Inma Hortas
Illustrator
inloho.com

What’s your superpower? Patience, perseverance and an open mindset, knowing what truly speaks to me.

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Emil Lendof
Managing Photo Editor
The Wall Street Journal

3 things you can’t live without: A camera, a good book, Google Maps.

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Karen Frank
Digital Photo Editor
The New York Times

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Reinvention.

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Zara Katz
Director, Art and Photography
NBC News Digital

What’s your superpower? Tenacity and sarcasticy.

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Carrie Mifsud
Art Director
The New York Times

Three things you can’t live without: My family. My vinyl records. My sketchbook.

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Alice Morgan
Senior Art Director
Entertainment Weekly

3 things you can’t live without: Pilates, Spotify and my GIANT water bottle!

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Faith Stafford
Senior Deputy Design Director
Los Angeles Times

What’s your superpower? Never losing sight of the big picture, and baking earl grey shortbread.

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Chin Wang
Vice President of Design, Creative Systems and Strategy
ESPN Creative Studio

What do you listen to while creating? Nothing. Let’s call it multitasking meditation.

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SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

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Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

3 things you can’t live without: Family, my phone, and a good book.

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Tova Diamond

tova diamond

Current job: Head of Brand Creative / The Washington Post

3 things you can’t live without: A support system that grounds me, people and places that energize and inspire me, and work that makes an impact (big or small) for those that see or consume it. 

What’s your superpower? Identifying superpowers in others. I’m a dot connector, bringing creatives together in a way that has them play to their strengths. 

What do you listen to while creating? When I need to just slow my swirling thoughts to focus, it's almost always Bon Iver. For a changeup, it might be something smooth and sultry like Leon Bridges or Olivia Dean. When I'm nearing deadline, however, it's a vibe shift: something chaotic and high-speed. Lately, that's been the main track off Justin Hurwitz' Babylon movie soundtrack or any Beyoncé' set list.

Favorite TV show: Of all-time? Veep. Some of the smartest, comedic writing and just an all-star cast of characters. I love rewatching with subtitles so I can catch every last line.

What (or who) inspires you? Visiting a new city in a new country always brings lots of new inspiration: the architecture, the art, the culture, the flavors, the lifestyle…!

Advice for young creatives? Sketch on paper. Print out your work. Touch grass. Live out loud!

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Create something in a new medium. 

Faith Stafford

FAITH STAFFORD

Current job: Senior Deputy Design Director / Los Angeles Times

3 things you can’t live without: My passport, queso, iphone apps.

What’s your superpower? Never losing sight of the big picture, and baking earl grey shortbread.

What do you listen to while creating? Either stone cold silence or Eminem at top volume.

Favorite TV show: Does F1 count?

What (or who) inspires you? My friends.

Advice for young creatives? Duplicate. Duplicate. Duplicate your layouts frequently as you're designing and experimenting. It lets you rapid fire try a bunch of things as they spring to mind. Then you can go back through to see what layouts, or elements, are working best to combine and refine from there.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Moving to a new apartment.

Inma Hortas

INMA HORTAS

Current job: Illustrator / inloho.com

3 things you can’t live without: I could live with very little, but messy sketchbooks, bright colours and dark chocolate make everything better.

What’s your superpower? Patience, perseverance and an evergreen student mindset, knowing what truly speaks to me.

What do you listen to while creating? Podcasts on illustration, psychology, nature and history for a relaxed pace, and absolute silence when I am in a hurry.

Favorite TV show: Futurama and Fleabag.

What (or who) inspires you? Empathy, generosity and sensitivity.

Advice for young creatives? For those who already have a voice, keep going, work for yourselves first, show up with purpose and magic will follow. For those who don’t, keep trying. Life is far more fulfilling when you truly care and have something of your own to say, a nurturing sense of purpose.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Putting myself first more often.

Kojo Boateng

KOJO BOATENG

Current job: Creative Director / PBS News Hour

3 things you can’t live without: A good nights sleep, my wife, good music.

What’s your superpower? Connecting good people together, spotting bullsh*t from a mile away (although, you will never know).

What do you listen to while creating? Mainly podcasts, reggae, old skool hiphop.

Favorite TV show: Currently Slow Horses, but I get nostalgic about classic British comedies like Only Fools and Horses.

What (or who) inspires you? Firstly, my wife...she's a rockstar! Also, people who live by a specific conviction or life path. It's inspiring to see people with a sense of freedom.

Advice for young creatives? Take creative risks. Start passively saving for your income for retirement, it creeps up on you faster than you think.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Travel to Japan, getting a motorcycle (yikes!), take my podcast on the road.

Anne Latini

ANNE LATINI

Current job: Art Director / Fast Company

3 things you can’t live without: Mintra Graph Ruled Steno Books, wired headphones, a full tin of King Arthur AP Flour ready to go in the pantry.

What’s your superpower? Always starting from a place of “yes”.

What do you listen to while creating? Whatever insultingly named playlist Spotify has dreamt up for their “fragile sad girl” that day.

Favorite TV show: Saturday Night Live.

What (or who) inspires you? Martha Stewart will always be my guiding light. Hold yourself to a high standard, work hard to make beautiful things, and f*ck the haters.

Advice for young creatives? Don’t be afraid to set long term career goals but don’t be discouraged if the road is more winding than you planned. Also, your creativity is not bottomless, it is an beast that must be fed.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Trying every single one of T Magazine’s 25 Essential Pastries to Eat in NYC.

Alice Morgan

aLICE MORGAN

Current job: Senior Art Director / Entertainment Weekly

3 things you can’t live without: Pilates, Spotify and my GIANT water bottle!

What’s your superpower? Listening!

What do you listen to while creating? Showtunes!!

Favorite TV show: Community and Superstore... anything that makes me laugh!

What (or who) inspires you? My fellow peers in the industry. I love stalking other creatives' work to get inspo!

Advice for young creatives? Always be open to learning more. Ask all the questions and take on the advice and ideas other people give you. That way you will become a really well rounded creative.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? To pick up a pottery class.
Do something with my hands that gets me away from a screen!!!

Meet The Board: 2024-2025

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome five new board members this year (Susanna Hayward, Dian Holton, Emil Lendof, Brian Lutz, and Chin Wang) and congratulate the 2024-2025 officers (Chuck Kerr, Jana Meier-Roberts, Rashida Morgan-Brown, Emily Furlani, and Taylor Le). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board!

Get to know the 2024-2025 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

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OFFICERS

Chuck Kerr
PRESIDENT
Senior Creative Director, Dotdash Meredith
Entertainment Weekly

3 things you can’t live without: Breakfast tacos, Spotify Premium, and Evie (my dog).

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Jana Meier-Roberts
VICE-PRESIDENT
Freelance Creative Director
& Designer

What’s your superpower? Patience.

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Rashida Morgan-Brown
VICE-PRESIDENT
Creative Director
rashidasdesigns.com

3 things you can’t live without: Family, peace of mind, creativity

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Taylor Le
TREASURER
Creative Director
The San Francisco Standard

3 things you can’t live without: Iced soy lattes, spas, cats

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Emily Furlani
SECRETARY
Creative Director, Women's Group
a360media

What do you listen to while creating? Cooking shows, vintage television, classic movies I've seen 100 times

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DIRECTORS

Josue Evilla
Creative Director
Fortune Design

What’s your superpower? No coffee — I'm ready to go!

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Susanna Hayward
Art Director
New York Magazine

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Travel more, find more time for creative projects, learn to roller skate!

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Zara Katz
Photography Director
NBC News Digital

What’s on your bucket list for 2024: Travel outside of the U.S. Not spontaneously combusting during the 2024 election.

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Karen Frank
Digital Photo Editor
The New York Times

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Reinvention

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Dian Holton
Art Director
AARP

Three things you can’t live without: Sugar, fun accessories (sneakers, totebag, jewelry), glasses

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Emil Lendof
Managing Photo Editor
The Wall Street Journal

Three things you can’t live without: A camera, a good book, Google Maps

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Jeanne Graves
Director of Photography
Fast Company

What’s your super power? Going warp speed at the 11th hour.

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Davian-Lynn Hopkins
Associate Partner
Pentagram

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

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Brian Lutz
Illustrator, Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford

What’s your superpower?
I make people happy with drawings

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Carrie Mifsud
Homescreen Art Director
The New York Times

Three things you can’t live without: My family. My vinyl records. My sketchbook.

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Chin Wang
Vice President
ESPN Creative Studio

What do you listen to while creating: Nothing. Let’s call it multitasking meditation.

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SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

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Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

3 things you can’t live without: Family, my phone, and a good book.

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Chuck Kerr

Chuck kerr

Current job: Senior Creative Director, Dotdash Meredith / Entertainment Weekly

3 things you can’t live without: Breakfast tacos, Spotify Premium, and Evie (my dog).

What’s your superpower? Curiosity.

What do you listen to while creating? Current faves of the year: The Gloss by Cola, Planet Pearl by Pearl & The Oysters. And a lot of Quincy Jones.

Favorite TV show: Mad Men. Vanderpump Rules is a close second.

What (or who) inspires you? Nothing tops watching musicians lock in on stage.

Advice for young creatives? The process is just as important as the final product. If you focus on the process, the outcome takes care of itself.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Leveling up on the bass guitar.

Jana Meier-Roberts

jana Meier-Roberts

Current job: Freelance Creative Director & Designer

3 things you can’t live without: My family, books, more books

What’s your superpower? Patience

What do you listen to while creating? Anything from This American Life to Radiohead, depending on the work

Favorite TV show: Blue Eye Samurai

What (or who) inspires you? Being away from my screen

Advice for young creatives? When you’re thinking about where to apply for jobs consider more whom you will be working with than where you will be working. You can find lots of amazing talent outside of NYC, too. You should be looking to land somewhere where you will possibly find a mentor.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Expand my analog skill set (continue improving my handlettering and Riso skills)

Rashida Morgan-Brown

Rashida morgan-brown

Current job: Creative Director / Rashidasdesigns.com.

3 things you can’t live without: Family, peace, creativity.

What’s your superpower? Imagination & Creativity.

What do you listen to while creating? Instrumental music.

Favorite TV show: I like home makeover & remodeling shows. There's something about the creative transformation process that I love.

What (or who) inspires you? Travel inspires me.

Advice for young creatives? Visualize. Create. Be kind. Kindness can go a long way.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Traveling to a fun place that I haven't been before.

Taylor Le

Taylor Le

Current job: Creative Director, The San Francisco Standard

3 things you can’t live without: Iced soy lattes, spas, cats

What’s your super power? Building teams and coaching them towards greatness.

Album you listen to while creating: I let my husband surprise me (we both work from home). Otherwise it's NPR or silence.

Favorite TV show: Succession, The White Lotus, The Boys, and more.

What (or who) inspires you? My mom—she escaped a war-torn country by boat to provide our family a life of opportunity. She was an entrepreneur, a creative, and an inspiration!

Advice for young creatives? Failure is OK. It can foster your critical and analytical thinking skills, allowing you to innovate, redirect and develop new strategies to push through obstacles. Don't be afraid to experiment, fail, and pivot.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? After micro-dosing travel in 2022, I think it's about time for a big trip overseas!

Emily Furlani

EMILY FURLANI

Current job: Assistant Art Director / Features, The Wall Street Journal.

3 things you can’t live without: A sense of humor, a good pillow, and regular pedicures.

What’s your superpower?I have a really elevated sense of smell/taste.

What do you listen to while creating? Cooking shows, vintage television, classic movies I've seen 100 times.

Favorite TV show: 30 Rock.

What (or who) inspires you? Comedy and the French pays bas.

Advice for young creatives? Your network is everything, and it's a small world. Never burn bridges!

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Paris, encore!

Josue Evilla

josue evilla

Current job: Creative Director, Fortune Design

3 things you can’t live without: Chocolate. And sadly, my glasses. And lens wipes — they kind of go together.

What’s your superpower? No coffee — I'm ready to go!

What do you listen to while creating? 80% of the time, it's Bob Dylan. 20% of the time, the other stuff.

Favorite TV show: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Silo, The Bear, Pachinko, Shrinking, Slow Horses

What (or who) inspires you? Creative folks

Advice for young creatives? This doesn't really change — be curious, experiment, play!

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Keep traveling!

Karen Frank

Karen frank

Current job: Digital Photo Editor, The New York Times.

3 things you can’t live without: Chocolate, Laughter, Music.

What’s your superpower? Grace under pressure.

What do you listen to while creating? Lately, I've been turning it over to Spotify DJ.

Favorite TV show: Chef and Reservation Dogs. 

What (or who) inspires you? Travel, being outdoors, Anselm Kiefer.

Advice for young creatives? Don't ever be afraid to ask questions and learn from everyone!

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Reinvention.

Jeanne Graves

Jeanne graves

Current job: Director of Photography, Fast Company

3 things you can’t live without: My beautiful niece, nature, Nicorette and my damn reading glasses (ok that's four).

What’s your superpower? Going warp speed at the 11th hour. 

What do you listen to while creating?
I must have absolute quiet to listen to my thoughts. I do like to burn a candle or Palo Santo.

Favorite TV show: My fave of all time is The Wire.

What (or who) inspires you? Nature, vibrant color (though I only wear black), the art of Mickalene Thomas and Marcus Brutus.

Advice for young creatives? Persist (in both practice and outreach). Show up each day and keep making. Your personal practice is just as important if not more important than your professional gigs, those will come. Also, be kind to everyone, remember that the intern may be the boss one day.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Taking my kid abroad for her first time.

Susanna Hayward

SUSANNA HAYWARD

Current job: Art Director / New York Magazine.

3 things you can’t live without: My miniature dachshund, Bug!

What’s your superpower? Being able to nap....anywhere.

What do you listen to while creating? It depends! For an infographic, it's similar to high intensity running music. For something more serious, acoustic piano.

Favorite TV show: Survivor.

What (or who) inspires you? I'm constantly inspired by my colleagues! I also find a lot of inspiration on Pinterest and Instagram.

Advice for young creatives? Every internship, design project or task will teach you something, no matter how small!

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Travel more, find more time for creative projects, learn to roller skate!

Dian Holton

DIAN HOLTON

Current job: Art Director / AARP, AARP The Magazine, TheGirlfriend.com, Sistersletter.com, AARPEthel.com.

3 things you can’t live without: Sugar, fun accessories (sneakers, totebag, jewelry), glasses.

What’s your superpower? Reading the room and gift giving.

What do you listen to while creating? The fan blowing because I'm always hot.

Favorite TV show: Law & Order: SVU.

What (or who) inspires you? Deborah, my mom.

Advice for young creatives? Research. Network. Implement. Also, always be prepared. You never know when or where your next opportunity will come.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Appearing on a float during Carnival in Rio, Brazil.

Davian-Lynn Hopkins

DAVIAN-LYNN hopkins

Current job: Senior Designer, Pentagram.

3 things you can’t live without: Brandy (my dog), Music, Magazines.

What’s your superpower? Staying sane.

What do you listen to while creating? Real Housewives podcasts (don't judge me).

Favorite TV show: Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

What (or who) inspires you? Traveling.

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Learn new skills in the world of design.

Zara Katz

ZARA KATZ

Current job: Photography Director, NBC News Digital.

3 things you can’t live without: Family, friends, swimming.

What’s your superpower? Tenacity and sarcasticy.

What do you listen to while creating? Ethiopiques collection.

Favorite streaming TV show: Fleabag.

What (or who) inspires you? Industry colleagues, independent films (documentary and narrative), delicious food.

Advice for young creatives? Do your push-ups (with creative process, research and education, relationships and communication).

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Travel outside of the U.S. Not spontaneously combusting during the 2024 election.