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Advisory Council

Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design Advisory Council

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Adam Williams ’09 (2024–2027)
UX Design and Delivery Lead
IBM

Andrew Edge ’19 (2024–2027)
Senior Industrial Designer
Steelcase

Anjuli Calvert ’08 (2024–2027) INDD Secretary
Principal Design Strategist & Service Designer
Humana

Chris Livaudais ’02 (2024–2027) INDD Vice Chair
Sr. Design Consultant
The Coca-Cola Company

Dorsey Cox ’85 (2024–2025)  
Design Manager
CFGroup, LLC

Heather Bybee ’10 (2024–2027)
Senior Packaging Designer
Loop Earplugs

John McCabe ’06 (2025–2028)
Senior Design Manager, AI + Design 
IBM

John Payne ’90 (2024–2027)
Head of Design / Adjunct Professor
Public Policy Lab / Illinois Institute of Technology

Josh Ekandem ’07, ’09 (2024–2027)
Design Technologist

Ken Musgrave ’89 (2024–2027)
Consulting

Michael Hicks ’09 (2024–2025) 
Senior Designer
Altium Packaging

Michael Smith ’91 (2024–2027)
Vice President | Global Experience Design | HP Print
HP, Inc.


GRAPHIC DESIGN

Allison Braund-Harris ’13 (2024–2027) GDES Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
Hardly

Avery Dove ’18 (2024–2027)
Graphic Designer / Motion Designer
Copperwing Design

Ben Rivers ’96 (2024–2027) SIGD Advisory Council Chair
VP Creative Studios, UPS Global Communications
UPS

Caitlin Piery ’14 (2024–2027)
Design Operations Lead
Cedar

Elise Thomason ’00 (2024–2025) 
Designer, Illustrator, and Artist

James Sommerville (2024–2027)
Founder + CEO
KnownUnknown

Joey Graddy ’00 (2024–2027)
Partner / Executive Creative Director
Brand Neue Co.

Jordan Johnston ’07 (2024–2027)
Creative Director

Kat Hollister ’07 (2024–2027) GDES Vice Chair
Senior Manager, Product Design
Peloton Interactive

Madison Maloney ’15 (2024–2027)
Design Director
Rifle Paper Co.

Morgan Searcy ’19 (2024–2027)
Creative Director

Olivia French ’18 (2024–2027)
Owner + Creative Director

Virginia Patterson ’13 (2024–2027)
Graphic Designer and Design Educator

Zach Hobbs ’02 (2024–2027)
Design Director
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