Meet The Board: 2026-2027

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome seven new board members this year (Kimberly Arias, Mark Baker-Sanchez, Nicole Crowder, Chelsea Mamerow, Kerri Sarembock and Jen Wang) and congratulate the 2026-2027 officers (Dian Holton, Susanna Hayward, Alice Morgan, Faith Stafford and Brian Lutz). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board!

Get to know the 2026-2027 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

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OFFICERS

Dian Holton
PRESIDENT
Art Director
AARP. Org, AARP The Magazine, The Girlfriend,
Sisters Letter, and The Ethel

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

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Susanna Hayward
VICE PRESIDENT
Art Director
New York Magazine

Favorite TV show: Survivor.

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Alice Morgan
VICE PRESIDENT
Senior Design Director
Her Campus Media

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

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Faith Stafford
SECRETARY
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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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

Kimberly Arias
Videographer & designer for social

What do you listen to while creating? Tech house and techno sets on YouTube. High BPM helps beat the deadline clock.

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Nicole Crowder
Visual consultant and Furniture Designer
nicolecrowderupholstery.com

What’s your super power? Bringing people together in community. 

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Anne Latini
Associate Creative Director
Entertainment Weekly

Favorite TV show: Saturday Night Live.

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Mark Baker-Sanchez
Founder and Creative Director
BakerSanchez, Inc.

What’s your superpower? Making the people around me feel seen; through storytelling and worldbuilding.

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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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Chelsea Mamerow
Creative Director
Milwaukee Magazine

3 things you can’t live without: Dining out, warm summer evenings, thrift stores.

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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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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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Kerri Sarembock
Art Director and Project Director
Project Design Company

Advice for young creatives: Be genuine. Don't try to be someone else and find something that makes you unique, but be honest.

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Jen Wang
Design Director
Simon Element, Simon & Schuster

My superpower: Persistence, though I would prefer flight.

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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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Kimberly Arias

KimBERLY Arias

Current job: Videographer & designer for social

3 things you can’t live without: Celsius, community, and a manicure.

What’s your superpower? Listening before I speak (at least I try to).

What do you listen to while creating? Tech house and techno sets on YouTube. High BPM helps beat the deadline clock.

Favorite TV show: My guilty pleasure is Love Island UK.

What (or who) inspires you? My parents

Advice for young creatives? Get a mentor. Be confident but never arrogant. Your reputation will follow you so treat people respectfully.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? I'm originally from DC but I'll set roots in a new city this next year.

Mark Baker-Sanchez

Photo Credit: Kent Barker

Mark Baker-Sanchez

Current job: Founder & Creative Director / BakerSanchez, Inc.

3 things you can’t live without: My lip gloss. Coffee in the morning. I literally can’t see without my glasses.

What’s your superpower? Making the people around me feel seen; through storytelling and worldbuilding.

What do you listen to while creating? Jazz, lounge, or classical when I’m working on layouts. Tempo, house, or something bumpy when I need to really get things done. I also like to play a movie or a TV show in the background at times.

Favorite TV show: Schitt's Creek. It’s so dramatic, chic, and hilarious. I also love Korean dramas and comedies with similar flair.

What (or who) inspires you? Playful typography and fantastical imagery. The people who shaped how I see are: André Leon Talley. Maya Angelou. Gordon Parks. Lillian Bassman. Toni Morrison. Alexey Brodovitch. Marsha P. Johnson. Diane Arbus. And Disney’s Fantasia is forever — my earliest inspiration.

Advice for young creatives? I’ve created my best work when I felt like I was playing; like a kid on the playground. Most of us got into this work because it ignites us. Remember to let yourself have fun.

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Release the next issue of DONE The Magazine. Solo travel. Learning to invest.

Nicole Crowder

Nicole Crowder

Current job: Visual consultant and Furniture Designer

3 things you can’t live without: My imagination, a great meal (preferably one that stretches over several hours with wine), and a really good moisturizer. 

What’s your super power? Bringing people together in community. 

What do you listen to while creating? Lots of podcasts and rock, hip-hop, jazz and soul music. 

Favorite TV show: Frasier, hands-down. 

What (or who) inspires you: Being in beautifully designed spaces (homes, hotels, stores), fashion, people who live with a spirit of ease and confidence, and being in awe of nature. 

Advice for Young creatives: Try, experiment, and pivot over and over with as many things as possible, big and small. Don’t be afraid to be seen trying something new or different or to be seen learning through it. Everything is a work in progress.

What’s on your bucket list for next year? Hosting international retreats where I get to travel and explore design and make art with creatives in other places. 

Chelsea Mamerow

Chelsea Mamerow

Current job: Creative Director / Milwaukee Magazine

3 things you can’t live without: Dining out, warm summer evenings, thrift stores.

What’s your superpower? Puzzles. Usually referring to huge package features, occasionally the physical kind.

What do you listen to while creating? So much music. It's always changing. 

Favorite TV show: Northern Exposure.

What (or who) inspires you? Old SPD Design Annuals .

Advice for young creatives? Say yes! To new opportunities, last-minute invitations, and even office happy hours. 

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Take my kids to NYC.

Kerri Sarembock

Kerri Sarembock

Current job: Art Director and Project Director / Project Design Company

3 things I can't live without: My dog. My friends and family. Water (my kidneys says so). 

My superpower: My friendship and loyalty, always showing up for my friends and family.

What do you listen to while creating? Oddly I like silence when I create, but if I had to pick it would be Brandi Carlile.

Favorite TV show: I'm generally not a repeat show watcher, but the two shows I have rewatched several times are Ted Lasso and Schitt's Creek. Just such smart writing and genuine.

What (or who) inspires you? Travel. Learning and experiencing other cultures and places, sitting at a coffee shop, walking the streets, walking through museums and people watching fills up my brain.

Advice for young creatives: Be genuine. Don't try to be someone else and find something that makes you unique, but be honest.

What's on your bucket list for the next year? Do something that scares me, see more parts of the world, and do some house projects.

Jen Wang

Jen Wang

Current job: Design Director / Simon Element, Simon & Schuster

3 things I can't live without: Glasses, library card, a treat.

My superpower: Persistence, though I would prefer flight.

What do you listen to while creating? WNYC or just plain NYC.

Favorite TV show: All Creatures Great and Small.

What (or who) inspires you? Friends, reading, the natural world, experiencing art. 

Advice for young creatives: Be curious. Be kind. Save money. Meet your deadlines.

What's on your bucket list for the next year? Travel. Reading more of the books on my shelf. Putting art up on my walls.

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
Associate Partner
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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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: Associate Creative Director / Entertainment Weekly

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!