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, Nicole Motta, 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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Nicola Motta
Art Director, Curator & Visual Editor
Founder of Fresh Mercado

What (or who) inspires you? This quote from Aileen Gu: "You can control what you think. You can control how you think. And therefore, you can control who you are”

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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.

Nicole Motta

NICOLE MOTTA

Current job: Freelance AD, Curator & Visual Editor. Founder of Fresh Mercado

3 things I can't live without: Sketchbooks, memes, group chat recs

What's my superpower? Bringing people together 

What do you listen to while creating? I love music! I listen to house, techno, and jazz. A lot of pop when I need to really focus: right now on repeat has been Madonna's Confessions on the Dance Floor II. 

Favorite TV show: Just finished Breaking Bad, that was goood!

What (or who) inspires you? This quote from Aileen Gu: "You can control what you think. You can control how you think. And therefore, you can control who you are”

Advice for young creatives? I've been telling creatives to take negotiation classes and collaborate! Find your a-team, work with people who inspire you; making mistakes is inevitable, and how you work through those is the real artistry!  

What’s on your bucket list for the next year? Fresh Mercado's field guide and merch

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.