2009 ballot

This year’s nominating committee, chaired by Sam Shelton (KINETIK), recommended the following slate of nominees for the 15-seat board of directors. The nominees were chosen following solicitation of nominations from all members, chapter leadership and design opinion leaders. Members ratified the slate through online balloting between February 2 and March 13 (94 percent approved the slate; 6 percent voted not to approve).

Five will serve three-year terms, effective July 1, 2009.

• Julie Beeler, co-founder/studio director, Second Story Interactive Studios, Portland, Oregon
• Zia Khan (treasurer), president and creative director, Lucid Partners, Roswell, Georgia
• James Koval, president, VSA Partners, Inc., Chicago
• Debbie Millman (president), president of the design division, Sterling Brands
• Angela Shen-Hsieh, president and CEO, Visual i|o, Newton, Massachusetts

Two will serve one-year positions, effective July 1, 2009, to finish the terms of two outgoing board members.

• Shelley Evenson, associate professor and director of graduate studies, School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
• Lynda Weinman, co-founder and executive chair, lynda.com

Current members of the national board continuing their service are:

Stanley Hainsworth, Tether, Inc., Seattle
Kenna Kay, TV Land/MTV Networks, New York
Vernon Lockhart, Art on the Loose, Inc., Chicago
Elva Rubio, Bruce Mau Design, Chicago
Laura Shore, Mohawk Fine Paper, Cohoes, New York
Khoi Vinh, NYTimes.com, New York
Brad Weed, Microsoft, Seattle
Pam Williams, Williams and House, Avon, Connecticut

Current members of the national board that will complete their three-year terms at the end of June are:

James Ales, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California
Laurie Churchman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Debbie Millman, Sterling Brands, New York
Bennett Peji, Bennett Peji Design, San Diego
Shel Perkins, Shel Perkins and Associates, San Francisco

Nikolaus Hafermaas resigned from the board effective January 1, 2009, as a result of his appointment to an interim academic leadership post at Art Center College of Design.

Current president Sean Adams, Adams Morioka, Los Angeles, will complete his two-year term as president on June 30, 2009, and will continue his involvement on the board in an ex officio role.

The 2009 nominating committee is comprised of:

Sam Shelton, KINETIK, Washington, D.C. (chair)
Sherra Bell, Creative Know-Who, LLC, Atlanta
Brooke McKay Castro, FILTER, Seattle
Clement Mok, The Office of Clement Mok, San Francisco
Cheryl Towler Weese, Studio Blue, Chicago

The nominating committee is made up principally of AIGA members, not AIGA board members, in order to reflect members’ views. The committee received an extraordinarily strong pool of qualified candidates who were willing to serve, from which this group was selected. Although others who were nominated may be equally qualified, these candidates met the criteria and fit best with the immediate priorities facing the organization.