Staff & Instructors

Board of Directors

Gemma Gatti, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Treasurer
Professor James F. Gatti, Vice President, Secretary

President

Hank Richardson

Assistants to the President

Claire Danielson, Internal Affairs
Stephanie Grendzinski, Internal Affairs

Department Counsels

Jerry Burns, Photography
Hank Richardson and Melissa Kuperminc, Design
and Art Direction Alan Woodruff, Media Architecture
Gary Weiss, Illustration
Sam Harrison and Tania Rochelle, Writing
Tony Messano, Advertising Art Direction

Staff

Patti Truelove, Business Manager/CPA
Regenia Jarrett, Financial Aid
DongSoo Choi, Systems Administrator
Catherine Menes, Admissions, Recruiting & Outreach
Liz Phillips, Admissions, Recruiting & Outreach
Tania Rochelle, External Communications

Witt Langstaff, Technical Specialist

Portfolio Center Advisory Board

Phyllis Aragaki, Principal, Executive Creative Director, Desgrippes Gobe , NYC
David Butler, Vice President of Visual Identity Design, The Coca-Cola Company
Ken Carbone, Principal, Carbone Smolan Agency , NYC
Craig Frazier, Principal, Craig Frazier Studio , San Francisco, CA Steff Geissbuhler, Principal, Chermayeff & Geismar , NYC
Roz Goldfarb, President, Roz Goldfarb & Associates , NYC
Andrew Keller, Vice President, Creative Director, Crispin Porter Bogusky ,Miami Jamie Koval, Partner, VSA Partners , Chicago
Chris Martin, President, EM2 Design , Atlanta
Jock McDonald, Principal, Jock McDonald Film, Inc.
Dan Monroe, Senior Writer, Slaughter Hanson, Birmingham
Dan Morales, Executive Creative Director. TAXI, NYC
Scott Orazem, Director of Product & Communication Design, Hallmark , Kansas City
Janou Pakter, Principal, Janou Pakter, Inc., NYC
Wade Paschall, Senior Creative Director, Arnold , St. Louis
Greg Samata, Creative Director, Partner, Samata/Mason Design , Chicago David Schimmel, Principal, AND Partners, NYC
Todd Simmons, Principal, State Studio, NYC
Luke Sullivan, Senior Vice President, Group Creative Director, GSD&M , Austin
Gael Towey, Creative Director Martha Stewart Living , NYC
James Victore, Principal, James Victore, Inc. , NYC
David Weist, Creative Director, Arnold , Boston
Robert Wong, Sr. VP, Design Director, Arnold , Boston

Past Seminar Speakers

Stan Richards, The Richards Group , Dallas
Allison and JP Williams, Design M/W , NYC
Paula Scher, Pentagram , NYC
Lana Rigsby, Rigsby Design , Houston
James Victore, James Victore Inc. , NYC
Matthew Carter, Carter & Cone Inc., Boston
Ron Sherman, Ron Sherman Photography , Atlanta
Michael Skjei, Carmichael Lynch , Minneapolis
David Schimmel, AND Partners, NYC
Roz Goldfarb, Roz Goldfarb Associates , NYC
Stavros Cosmopolus, Hill Holliday Connor Cosmopoulos, Boston
Michael Osborne, Michael Osborne Design , San Francisco
Kent Hunter, The Valentine Group, NYC
An Diels, Martha Stewart Living, NYC
Gael Towey, Martha Stewart Living , NYC
Carin Goldberg, Time Life Books, NYC
Dan Monroe, Slaughter Hanson, Birmingham
Tom Nynas, RBMM , Dallas
Keith Yamashita, Stone Yamashita, San Francisco
Eric Baker, Eric Baker Design , NYC
John Bielenberg, C2, Portland
Rich Binnel, Freelance Writer, Chicago
Michael Carabetta, Chronicle Books , San Francisco
Sam Shelton, Kinetik, Washington DC
Stephen Doyle, Doyle Partners , NYC
Steff Geissbuhler, Chermayeff & Geismar , NYC
Paul Lovoie & Jane Hope, Taxi, Toronto
Marc English, Marc English Design , Austin
Sean Adams, Adams Morioka , Beverly Hills
Liz Williams, Victoria’s Secret , NYC
Guy Billout, Guy Billout Illustration, NYC
Dan Morales, Cliff Freeman , NYC
Roxann Arwen Mills, Roxann Arwen Mills Photography Los Angeles
Kit Hinrichs, Pentagram , San Francisco
Rick Tharpe, Tharpe Did It, San Francisco
Craig Nelson, Craig Nelson Illustration, Los Angeles
Bob Wages, Wages Design, Atlanta
Stefan Sagmeister, Sagmeister Inc., NYC
Anne Telford, Communication Arts Magazine, Palo Alto
Eric Madsen, The Office of Eric Madsen, Minneapolis, MN
Marc Gobe, Desgrippes Gobe, NYC
Tom Carnese, Carnese Inc., NYC
Forrest Richardson, Richardson & Richardson, Phoenix
Richard Wilde, SVA, NYC
David Weiss, Arnold Communications, Boston
Curt Schreiber, VSA Partners, Chicago
David Carson, David Carson Design, NYC
Paul Cappelli, The Adstore, NYC
Rachel Howald, Young & Rubicam, NYC
Ann Hayden, Saatchi & Saatchi, NYC
Jay Maisel, Photographer, NYC
Robert Wong, Starbucks , Seattle
Petrula Vrontikis, Vrontikis Design , Los Angeles
Dugald Stermer, Illustration, San Francisco
Jeff Graham, CORE , St. Louis
Wade Paschal, CORE, St. Louis
Jason Stamp, CORE, St. Louis
Terry Slaughter, Slaughter Hanson, Birmingham
Luke Sullivan, GSDM , Austin
Michael Ian Kaye, NYC
Mike Krigel, Communication Arts , Palo Alto
Dexter Fedor, Ketchum Advertising , San Francisco
Diti Katona, Concrete, Toronto
David Lesh, David Lesh Illustration, Cincinatti
Michelle Matthews, Futurebrand , NYC
Tony DiZinno, Tony DiZinno Photography, Los Angeles
Marco Acevado, Futurebrand, NYC
Mary Virginia Swanson, Photographer Consultant , NYC
Keith Tilford, CORE, St. Louis
Greg Samata, SamataMason , Chicago
Kevin Swisher, The Richards Group , Dallas
Clement Mok, Clement Mok , NYC
Sandro, Sandro Photography , Chicago
Michael Carabetta, Chronicle Books , San Francisco
Frank Masi, Photographer, Los Angeles
Martin Pedersen, Publisher, Graphis Magazine , NYC
Leslie Smolan, Carbone Smolan , NYC
Kevin Irby, Kevin Irby Photography , San Francisco
Craig Frazier, Illustrator , San Francisco
Marty Neumeier, Neutron, San Francisco
Mike Srassberger, Modern Dog , Seattle
Daniel Russ, GSD&M , Dallas
Eric Tilford, CORE , St. Louis
Austin Howe, Radioland , Portland
Betsy Copshina, Garage Fonts , San Diego
Kerrie Powell, Pentagram , NYC
Melissa Jun, Pentagram , NYC
Emanuela Frigerio, Chermayeff & Geismar , NYC
Bill Mayer, Illustrator, Atlanta
Tom Lichtenheld, Geneva, Illinois
Joseph Essex, Essex 2 Design, Chicago
Jilly Simons, Concrete Design, Chicago
Jack Reznicki, Jack Reznicki Photography, NYC
Woody Pirtle, Pentagram Design , NYC
Ann Fields, Illustrator, Los Angeles
Anthony Russo, Illustrator, Tiverton, RI
Phil Hollenbeck, Phil Hollenbeck Photography , Dallas
Cabel Harris, WORK, Richmond
Steve Hellerstein, Photographer, NYC
Mike Hughes, The Martin Agency, Richmond
Jock McDonald, Jock McDonald Photography, San Francisco
Louise Fili, Louise Fili Design , NYC
Tom Monahan, Before & After , Tiverton, RI
Michael Bierut, Pentagram Design , NYC
Victor John Penner, Photographer , Vancouver
Chip Kidd, Random House , NYC
Rodney Smith, Rodney Smith Photography , NYC
John Heinsma, Borders, Perrin, Norander , Portland
Mary Lynn Blasutta, Illustrator, NYC
Ian Summers, Creativity Workshop , NYC
Linda Kaplan Thaler, Kaplan Thaler Advertising, NYC
Doyald Young, Typographer, Los Angeles
Rick Valicenti, Thirst, Chicago
Chris Hill, Hill/A Marketing Design Group , Houston
Terry Marks, Terry Marks Design , Seattle
John Besmer, Planet Propaganda , Madison, WI

Past & Present Faculty

Ackerman, Scott, Berklee College of Music, Moxie, Atlanta
Albert, B.A.; BS, Auburn Univeristy; Match, Inc.
Aldridge, Shiela; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Ashiru, Labaika; BS, Georgia State University; Portfolio Center; Philips Electronics
Autry, Gill; Valdosta State University, Portfolio Center Atlanta Homes & Lifestyle Magazine
Ayyangar, Preeti; BA, Ethiraj College, Bombay, India Portfolio Center; Freelance
Bain, Shannon, MPS, Interactive Telecommunications, NYU, Freelance
Baerwalde, David; BA, Winthrop College, Freelance
Bang, Magdelina; BFA, Savannah College of Art & Design; Matassa New Media
Barns, Angela, BFA, Auburn University, Paper Dolls Design
Barrineau, Bob; BS, Florida State University; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Battani, Kristy; BS, University of Tennessee; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Bean, Mimi; BA, Brigham Young University; Freelance
Bedette, Matt; MS, Rochester Institute of Technology; Atomic Fusion
Belfi, Matt; Portfolio Center; Belfi Design.
Bischoff, Vicki; BS, University of Cincinnati; Freelance
Boyle, Elizabeth; BGD, NC State, Raleigh, N.C.; Terra Studio
Brager, Barry; BFA, Tyler School of Art; Perception Partners
Brasfield, Shawn; BFA, Auburn University; Brasfield Studio
Breen, Christopher; Florida State University, Blue Sky Advertising
Bromley, Craig; Portfolio Center; Freelance Craig Bromley Photography
Broome, Anna; BA, University of North Carolina; Freelance
Burnett, Lindy; BFA, Weslyan College; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Burns, Jerry; Art Institute of Atlanta, Jerry Burns Photography
Butler, David; BA, University of South Florida;The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta
Bybee, Cally, BA, Dartmouth College; Freelance, Atlanta
Caldwell, Susie; University of Memphis, Portfolio Center; Asen Marketing
Chapman, David; BA, University of Georgia; Professional Photo Resources, Inc. , Choi, DongSoo; BA, Korea University; Portfolio Center
Cleary, Andrea; BFA, University of Florida; CharBaxter Communications
Cohen, David; BA, Emory University; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Cole, Jeff; BA, Wake Forest University; Trone Advertising
Cole, Kelley; BIS, Georgia State University; Portfolio Center; Eric Mower & Associates
Colosetti, Isham; Kent State University; Freelance
Cook, Mark; BA, Morehouse College; Grey Advertising
Cook, Nate; BA, Macalester College; Freelance
Cooley, Gary; Center of Creative Studies; Freelance
Crooker, Eric Scot; BS, Virginia Commonwealth University; Huey Paprocki Advertising
D’Ambrosio, Juliet; BA, University of Florida; Iconologic
Dean, John; MFA, Temple University; Dean-Bridges Imaging
Dodd, Bryan, BSEd, University of Georgia, Doddhouse Creative
Doherty, Chris, BA, Washington & Lee University; Citizen Studio
Doherty, Linda Branning; BA, Clemson University; Portfolio Center
Dutton, Chris; BA, Washington State University; Huey Paprocki Advertising
Edwards, Dianna; BA, University of Georgia; Rosemary Daniels; Zona Rosa Writing; Words & Ideas
Else, LeeAnn; BS. Indiana University; Signal Design
Elser, Anne Davnes Dusenberry, : BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art; Anne Elser Design
Fabella, Ted; BFA, Atlanta College of Art; Molecule Brand Consultants
Fenrich, Jennifer; BA, Michigan State University; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Frederick, Carol; University of Georgia, Freelance
Fields, David; Dekalb College; Professional Photo Resources
Friedman, Ben; BS, Georgia Institute of Technology; Iconologic
Frizzle, Scott; BFA, Maine College of Art; Artifact
Gaffney, Sylvia; BA, David Lipscomb University; S.V.M Illustration, Portfolio Center
Galligos, Dave; BA, College of Charleston, Portfolio Center; Austin Kelley Advertising
Garcia, Carmen, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriques Urena, Tula Communications
Gatti, Gemma, BFA, MA, MFA, University of Michigan
Gill, Martha; BA, University of Florida; Freelance
Goodman, Michael; MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Dickson’s Grant, Don; BFA, University of Georgia; Comgroup Advertising
Grendzinski, Stephanie; Georgia State University, Portfolio Center; Freelance
Hall, Elizabeth; Portfolio Center; Big Idea Consulting
Hammell, Todd; BA, University of Georgia, Portfolio Center, System Six
Hardison, Rob, BFA, Harding University, 3 Atlanta
Harris, Jeffrey; BS, Illinois Institute of Technology; matter
Harrison, Sam; BA, University of Alabama; Freelance
Hartwell, John
Hewitt, David; BFA, Northern Illinois University; Sapient
Higginson, Hadley; BA, University of Vermont; Freelance
Hill, Mark; BFA, School of Visual Arts; Turner Broadcasting Systems
Hobbs, Peter; University of the Witwatersand,Johannesburg; Portfolio Center, Peter Hobbs Photography
Janzen, Paul, BEd U of Manitoba & BA History U of Winnipeg, BBDO
Jun, Melissa, BA Jacksonville University, Freelance
Kaye, Bradley; BA, Michigan State University; Portfolio Center; Thinkhouse, Atlanta; Brad Kaye
Kappenstein, Holger; HBK Braunschweig University, Germany, Freelance
Kappenstein, Sherri; Furman University, Portfolio Center, Thinkhouse, Atlanta
Kilberg, Jennifer BFA, Boston University, Freelance
King, Travis; Gordon College, Freelance
Kubica, Julia; Georgia State University, Thomas & Bohannan
Kuperminc, Melissa; MFA, Yale University; ITB Design/Writing
Lewis, Jerry; BS, University of Florida, Portfolio Center; Fletcher Martin Ewing
Lombardi, Julie; BFA, University of Georgia, Portfolio Center; Freelance
Lopez, Claudia; BA, Universidad Javenana, Portfolio Center; Claudia Lopez Photography
Lovett, Kenyatta; BFA, Howard University; Freelance
Martin, Christopher; Portfolio Center; EM2 Design
Mason, Tim; Art Institute of Atlanta, WXIA TV
Massey, Bill; BS, University of Northern Alabama; Bill Massey Photography
McBride, Scott; AA, Dekalb Technical Institute, Portfolio Center; U.S. Motivations Corporation
Meadows, Kristopher; BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design; Freelance
Messano, Tony; AA, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale; Freelance
Mihelic, Jody; BFA, Carnegie Melon University; Sapient Corporation
Miller, Eric; BA, Middle Tennessee State University, Portfolio Center; EAI, Inc., Atlanta
Moore, Shawn; BFA, East Carolina University; Rocket Powered Mice
Moulder, Molly; BFA, University of Kansas, Portfolio Center; Ventenna Design
Nichols, Annie; BS, Loyola, Portfolio Center; Freelance
Orr, Allen, Oglethorpe University and Creative Circus, Freelance
Park, Philip; BFA, University of Pittsburg, Portfolio Center; Critt Graham Associates
Perez, Betsy; BFA, University of Tennessee; Perez Design
Piekustowski, Patti; ABJ, University of Georgia; Max Productions
Pierce, Brian, BA, Guilford College, Austin Kelley Advertising
Player, Brett; BS, Florida State University, Portfolio Center; Play
Pompa, John, Associate, Art Instutte of Pittsburgh, Freelance
Ramsey, Brad; BA, University of Mississippi, Portfolio Center; Trone Advertising Rice, Cecil; BFA, Art Center College of Design; Cecil G. Rice Illustration
Richardson, Hank; ABJ, University of Georgia
Riekki, Nicole; BFA, Michigan State University; Portfolio Center; EAI
Rochelle, Tania; BA, University of Georgia; MFA, Warren Wilson College; Portfolio Center
Romard, Kathy; BFA, Georgia State University: Romard Design
Rossignol, Lara; BFA, Art Center College; Freelance
Roth, Robert, AB, University of Georgia, Roth Copy
Roth, Robert; AB, University of Georgia; BBDO /Splash
Rudnak, Theo; BFA, Cooper Union School of Art; Theo Rudnak Studio
Rundquist, Pete; AA, Colorado Institute of Art; Indetifire
Sharp, Travis; University of Tennessee, Portfolio Center; Freelance
Simmons, Tony, Creative Circus, Freelance
Smith, Kendal; BA, University of North Carolina, Portfolio Center; Rock-Tenn Corporation
Snyder, Eddie; BS, West Virginia University; Fitzgerald Advertising
Spalding, John; BA, University of Kentucky, Portfolio Center; Austin Kelley Advertising
Sterling, Grover, Grover Sterling Photography
Stone, Duncan; BA, Washington & Lee University, Portfolio Center; Austin Kelley Advertising
Theus, Prentiss; BA, Tulane University; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Thompson, Wade; BA, Georgia State University; Portfolio Center; EAI, Inc.
Tilley, Chris; AA, Art Institute of Atlanta; Freelance
Tin, Mimi; BA, Carson Newman College, Portfolio Center; Freelance
Tuccillo-Sirilie, Holley; BA, University of New York, Portfolio Center; Anna Griffin Inc
Turner, Brian; BFA University of Georgia; Fusion Farm Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Valez, Dean; Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Vener, Ellis; BA, University of Texas; Ellis Vener Photography
Villarreal, Maurizio; Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lacano, Celo Studios
Voggenthaler, David; BS, Kansas State University, MBA, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management; Takahashu & Black
Way, Roo, Appalachian State University, Roo Way Photography
Weikert, Michael; BFA, Miami University; Iconologic
Weiss, Gary; BVA, Georgia State University, Art Center College of Design; Gary Weiss Illustrations
Wells, Laurel; BFA, University of Georgia; Susan Wells & Associates
White, Mark; Wichita State University, Freelance
Wood, Thomas; Portfolio Center; Freelance
Woodruff, Alan; Portfolio Center; Solutions 6, Atlanta
Woodward, David; BFA, Miami University of Ohio; Brain Sandwich
Worsham, Matt; University of Tennessee, Portfolio Center
Wrisley, Bard; BA, Washington & Lee University; Bard Wrisley Group