Humbled


2017
FUEL 18: LINGO

2016
Chicago Woman Magazine, Art + Design Issue

2015
Graphic Design USA's People to Watch in 2015

2014
Fast Company Innovation By Design Awards
Graphic Category, Finalist

Society of Typographic Arts, Archive 14
Best in Show

CHGO DSGN: Recent Object and Graphic Design

Newcity's Leaders of Culture
Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2014

AIGA Justified
Finalist

IDSA International Design Excellence Awards
Finalist

2013
GOOD: 10 Best Designs of 2013

2012
IDSA International Design Excellence Awards
Silver

2008
Fast Company Best Business Books of 2008

2000
Print Regional Design Annual, The East

ADDY Award
Collateral Material, Industry Self Promotion

National Council for Marketing and Public Relations
Gold Medallion Award

National Council for Marketing and Public Relations
Silver Medallion Award

1999
National Council for Marketing and Public Relations
Silver Medallion Award

1998
Print Regional Design Annual, New York City

Spoken


2022
Elevate: Amperity Speaker Series

2020
Salesforce 360
Signals of Change: How the Pandemic Will Change our Future

2019
Dreamforce
The Culture Crisis of Innovation

Salesforce Connections
A New Take on Talent

2018

MAKE: AIGA Design Educator’s Conference

Intro to the Design Community: General Assembly + AIGA

Sprout Social

Salesforce Connections
The Age of the Employee

2017
AIGA In-house INitiative webcast:
Seek and secure top creative talent

Walgreens Speaker Series

2016
Audi A4 presents: Intelligent Chicago

2015
Adobe Creative Jam

Kellogg School of Management, Zell Scholars Program / Northwestern University

2014
Designers on Design: Nine Top Chicago Creatives Talk Turkey

UIC School of Design: Information Aesthetics

Vertiv Chicago Paper Show
Truth: 25 x 25

AIA National Convention: Diversity in Design

Motorola Speaker Series:
The Making of Divvy

Morningstar Lecture Series

AIGA Design Envy

2013
Apple Store
The Making of Divvy 

Design Academy Eindhoven 

2012
SEEK Conference NIU

Creative Mornings Chicago

2011
Design Madison

Served


2017 — 2020
AIGA  
National Board of Directors

2012 — 2015
AIGA Chicago
President, Co-President

2014 — 2015
AIGA
National Task Force
Membership Dues Revenue

2004 — 2007
AIGA Chicago
Programming Chair

 

Judged


2015
AIGA Cased

2014
Camp Firebelly Shark Tank

Divvy Data Challenge

Northern Illinois University 
Signature Awards

City in a Garden: 
Chicago Sustainable Poster Show

8th District ADDY Awards

2013
Greater Good Designathon
First Five Years Fund