Founding Advisory Council

Kit Hinrichs, Principal, Studio Hinrichs, San Francisco
Clark Kellogg, Partner, Collective Invention and Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley Haas
Alf Nucifora, Chairman, The Luxury Marketing Council of SF
Drew Takahashi, Funjacket Enterprises and Founder, Colossal Pictures. SF
Brent Oppenheimer, Founder & Creative Director, O+CO, New York
Dan Sturges, Urban Mobility Planner, Team Red US
David Meckel, Director of Research and Planning, California College of the Arts, SF
Jessie Canon, Director of Web Strategies, Pluo Consulting
Manuel Saez, Principal, manuelsaezdesign, Argentina
Arnold Wasserman, Chairman, Collective Invention, San Francisco
Lisa Sullivan, Principal of Sullivan + Ruther, Berkeley
Ravi Sawhney, Principal, RKS Design, Los Angeles
Tucker Viemeister, Director of Special Projects, Ralph Applebaum Associates, NYC
Michael Vanderbyl, Principal, Vanderbyl Design, San Francisco
Scott Stropkay, Partner, Essential Design, Boston
Nate Mclaughlin, Director of Technology, Semble.com
Richard Wilde, Chairman, Graphic Design and Advertising, School of Visual Arts, NYC
Kristen Richards, Editor, Oculus Magazine and ArchNewsNow, NYC
Tom Matano, Executive Director Industrial Design, Academy of Art University
Chee Pearlman, Principal, Chee Company, NYC
Jared Hendler, EVP, Global Director, Dialogue Digital & Creative, MWW, NYC
Sally Dominguez, Founder, Rainwater Hog & Bug Design Ltd.
Hari Nair, Professor, Industrial Design, Savannah College of Art & Design

Asia Advisory Council

Professor Jan Staël von Holstein, College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai
Kwanmyung Kim, Dean, Graduate Studies, UNIST
Nara Suh, Project Director, KIDP
Johan Adam Linneballe, CEO, Scandinavian Branding A/S
Julia Leimei Chiu, Professor, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
Eddy Yu, Design Director, Codesign LTD, Hong Kong
Professor Yongqi Lou, Vice Dean, College of Design & Innovation of Tongji University, Shanghai
Prof. Soon-in Lee, Dean, International Design Advanced Studies, Hongik University, Seoul
Juhyun Eune, CEO, Korean Institute of Design Promotion
Professor Renke He, Dean, Hunan University School of Design
Sawoozer Wang, Design Director & Principal, +AKITIPE, Taipei
Lee Chi-Wing, Principal & Design Director, Milk Design, Hong Kong