December 26, 2025

Meet The Board: 2025-2026

December 26, 2025/ The Editors

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

Brian Lutz
TREASURER
Illustrator and Adjunct Professor
University of Hartford

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

DIRECTORS

Kojo Boateng
Creative Director
PBS News Hour

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

Davian-Lynn Hopkins
Director of Photography
Pentagram

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

Anne Latini
Art Director
Fast Company

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

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!

Inma Hortas
Illustrator
inloho.com

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

Emil Lendof
Managing Photo Editor
The Wall Street Journal

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

Karen Frank
Digital Photo Editor
The New York Times

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

Zara Katz
Director, Art and Photography
NBC News Digital

What’s your superpower? Tenacity and sarcasticy.

Carrie Mifsud
Art Director
The New York Times

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

Alice Morgan
Senior Art Director
Entertainment Weekly

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

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.

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.

SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

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

December 26, 2025

Tova Diamond

December 26, 2025/ The Editors

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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.

December 26, 2025

Faith Stafford

December 26, 2025/ The Editors

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.

December 26, 2025

Inma Hortas

December 26, 2025/ The Editors

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.

December 26, 2025

Kojo Boateng

December 26, 2025/ The Editors

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.

December 26, 2025

Anne Latini

December 26, 2025/ The Editors

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.

December 26, 2025

Alice Morgan

December 26, 2025/ The Editors

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!!!

November 26, 2024

Meet The Board: 2024-2025

November 26, 2024/ The Editors

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!

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).

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

What’s your superpower? Patience.

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

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

Taylor Le
TREASURER
Creative Director
The San Francisco Standard

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

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

DIRECTORS

Josue Evilla
Creative Director
Fortune Design

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

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!

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.

Karen Frank
Digital Photo Editor
The New York Times

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Reinvention

Dian Holton
Art Director
AARP

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

Emil Lendof
Managing Photo Editor
The Wall Street Journal

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

Jeanne Graves
Director of Photography
Fast Company

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

Davian-Lynn Hopkins
Associate Partner
Pentagram

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

Brian Lutz
Illustrator, Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford

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

Carrie Mifsud
Homescreen Art Director
The New York Times

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

Chin Wang
Vice President
ESPN Creative Studio

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

SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

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

February 14, 2024

Meet The Board: 2023-2024

February 14, 2024/ The Editors

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 (Carrie, Davian-Lynn, Emily, Karen, Rashida, and Zara) and congratulate our new officers (Emily, David, Chuck, Dennis, and Taylor). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board.

Get to know the 2023-2024 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

OFFICERS

Emily Kimbro
PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Texas Monthly

Music you listen to while creating: my favorite radio station out of New Orleans, WWOZ

David Cooper
VICE PRESIDENT
Illustrator + Photo Director

What’s your super power? I know how to make a few pencil marks on paper look like a thing.

Chuck Kerr
VICE PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Entertainment Weekly

What (or who) inspires you? Albums with zero skippable tracks.

Dennis Huynh
SECRETARY
Product Design Director, Editorial
GoodRx, New York NY

What’s your super power? Secretly knowing how to work a spreadsheet or Airtable

Taylor Le
TREASURER
Design Director
Los Angeles Times

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

DIRECTORS

Carrie Mifsud
Art Director
The New York Times

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

Jeanne Graves
Director of Photography
Fast Company

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

Rashida Morgan-Brown
Creative Director
Rashidasdesigns.com

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

Davian-Lynn Hopkins
Senior Designer
Pentagram

Advice for young creatives? Trust your gut!

Emily Furlani
Art Director
Brooklyn, NY

Three things you can’t live without: Laughter, hugs, good moisturizer

Jana Meier-Roberts
Design Director
Sports Illustrated Germany

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

Josue Evilla
Creative Director
Fortune Design

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

Haley Kluge
Creative Director
Variety

Album you listen to while creating: Any original Broadway cast album

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.

José Reyes
Founder, Executive Creative Director
Metaleap Creative

Advice for young creatives: Stay curious, ask great questions, follow through

Karen Frank
Freelance

What’s on your bucket list for 2024? Reinvention

SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

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

January 08, 2023

Meet The Board: 2022-2023

January 08, 2023/ The Editors

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 (Chuck, Josue, Jeanne, Taylor, and Jana) and congratulate our new officers (Emily, Natalie, David, Emem, and Dennis). Special thanks to our outgoing board members for serving on the board.

Get to know the 2022-2023 Board of Directors and SPD HQ by clicking on each photo below!

OFFICERS

Emily Kimbro
PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Texas Monthly

Music you listen to while creating: 90% jazz, 10% funk

David Cooper
VICE PRESIDENT
Illustrator + Photo Director

What’s your super power? I know how to make a few pencil marks on paper look like a thing.

Natalie Gialluca
VICE PRESIDENT
Senior Visuals Editor
Vanity Fair

What’s your super power? Finding items in the house others deem missing

Dennis Huynh
SECRETARY
Director of Editorial Product Design
GoodRx, New York

What’s your super power? Secretly knowing how to work a spreadsheet or Airtable

Emem Offong
TREASURER
VP, UX Design Lead
JPMorgan Chase & Co

Advice for young creatives? Follow your interests. Be kind to your colleagues.

DIRECTORS

Katie Belloff
Art Director
The New York Times T Brand Studio

What’s your super power? Forgetting where I put all my Pilot Precise V7 pens

Jeanne Graves
Director of Photography
Fast Company

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

Taylor Le
Design Director
Los Angeles Times

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

Lauren Brown
Senior Visual Editor
Allure and Glamour

Advice for young creatives? Find your voice and go
all in

Chuck Kerr
Creative Director
Entertainment Weekly

What’s on your bucket list for 2023? A proper, unplugged vacation.

Jana Meier-Roberts
Design Director
Sports Illustrated Germany

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

Josue Evilla
Art Director
Fortune

3 things you can’t live without: Pretty sure it'll have chocolate on top.

Haley Kluge
Art Director
Netflix

Album you listen to while creating: Any original Broadway cast album

Ryan Mesina
VP, Creative Services
Martha Stewart Living

3 things you can’t live without: There is only one thing....PRINT MAGAZINES

José Reyes
Founder, Executive Creative Director
Metaleap Creative

What (or who) inspires you? People who show up as themselves

Corliss Elizabeth Williams
Creative Director + Stylist
The Lowry Estate Premier Vintage + Resale Boutique

What’s on your bucket list for 2023? I’ve always wanted a tattoo. Just have no idea of what. Maybe it’ll hit me in 2023!

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SPD HQ

Keisha Dean
Executive Director
SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

Chelsey Lamwatt
Communications Director
SPD

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

December 09, 2020

Meet The Board: 2020 - 2021

December 09, 2020/ The Editors

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 (Corliss Elizabeth, Ed, Emem, Katie, Lauren, and Natalie) and congratulate our new officers (Mike, Agnethe, Trevett, Lan Yin, and Jeff). Get to know the 2020-2021 Board of Directors by clicking on each photo below!

Mike Schnaidt
PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Fast Company

Creative crush Badass women of design: Rosmarie Tissi, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Jacqueline Casey

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Lan Yin Bachelis
SECRETARY
Creative Director, Consultant

Quarantine hobby: What hobby? Been working around the clock.

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Corliss Elizabeth Williams
Creative Director + Proprietor
The Lowry Estate

Book you'd take to a desert island: Sketch book

Emem Offong
VP, User Experience Design Lead
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Album you need to listen to while cleaning: Podcasts count right? Pop Culture Happy Hour, Death, Sex & Money, Robinhood Snacks, and Back Issue.

Lauren Brown
Senior Visual Editor
Glamour and Allure

Book you'd take to a desert island: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Agnethe Glatved
VICE PRESIDENT
Executive Creative Director
Parents and Parents Latina

Worst job? Doing a lifestyle photoshoot in the Wyoming wilderness—having our campsite surrounded by bears!

Jeff Glendenning
TREASURER
Creative Director, Brand Identity
The New York Times

Quarantine location: Upstate / Manhattan / Denver

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David Matt
VP Creative, Content & Strategy
Foundry 360, Meredith Corp's Content Agency

What inspires you? Brilliant executions of anything...from a meal to a cover to a car to a label to a....

Jamie Prokell
Creative Director
Men's Health

Quarantine hobby: Creating Weekly Playlists on Spotify under the name thelittlestboombox

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Natalie Gialluca
Visuals Director + Producer

Quarantine hobby: Home improvement tasks. Power washing, snaking bathroom drains, sanding wood, painting, even using a power drill, which was a housewarming gift 3 years ago and never took out of the box until quarantine!

Trevett McCandliss
VICE PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Earnshaw's, Footwear Plus, and MR Magazine

What inspires you? Shadows on the wall

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Ben Grandgenett
Art Director
The New York Times Magazine

Book you'd take to a desert island: Crime and Punishment so I can finally finish it.

Ed Levine
Creative Director
Psychology Today

Worst job? None; I learned something from each about culture, team work, and skills.

Katie Belloff
Art Director
Popular Science

Album you need to listen to while creating: Welcome to The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Raymond Ho
Creative Director
Women’s Health

Album you need to listen to while cleaning: Any "elevator music" playlist

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