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
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
2013
Apple Store
The Making of Divvy
Design Academy Eindhoven
2012
SEEK Conference NIU
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
Northern Illinois University
Signature Awards
City in a Garden:
Chicago Sustainable Poster Show
2013
Greater Good Designathon
First Five Years Fund