Judges List

2024 Capstone Judges 

Abigail Honor, Partner, Lorem Ipsum Corp.
Adam Carnes, Creative Director, Pinnacle
Alex Hill, Vice President, Experiential Solutions, Taylor Visual Impressions
Alin Tocmacov, Partner, C&G Partners
Amy Siegel, Partner, C&G Partners
Ana Maria Theresa Labrador, PhD
Visiting Scholar, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
Anika Grant, CEO and Founder, Idlewild Experiential
Ann Neumann, Director of Galleries and Exhibitions, MIT Museum
Anna Crider, Partner, Entro
Anne Finkelstein, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Spatial Experience Design Department
Anthony DeRita, Creative Producer, Blue Telescope
Anton Baptiste, Sr. Technologist, FIT
Axel von Hagen, Founder/ Partner, Von Hagen Design GmBH
Barry Joseph, Director, Brooklyn Seltzer Museum
Benjamin Jones, Designer, Color X
Bhawika Mishra, Experiential Designer, Freelance
Boi Smit, President, CEES SMIT, Inc.
Britney Johnson, Creative Director, Idlewild Experiential
Bryan Meszaros, CEO & Founder, OpenEye Global
Caitlin Whittington, Associate Director of Creative Design & Exhibitions, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Caroline Siavichay, School & Community Programs Manager, Morris Jumel Mansion
Cathy Galeota, Past Media / Content Executive, Currently - taking a career break
Chang Lee, Senior Exhibit Designer, Luci Creative
Charles Pappas, Senior Writer, Exhibitor magazine
Corrine Doron, Director of Sprinternships, Break Through Tech-Cornell Tech
Craig Berger, Professor & Chair Communication Design Pathways, FIT
Cybelle Jones, CEO, SEGD
Dan Carter, SVP, Creative Sparks
Dan Marwit, Content Developer & Writer, Independent
Darla Decker, Ph.D. Principal Content Director and Scriptwriter
Dasher Lowe, Executive Director, EDPA
Debra Roth, Creative / Principal, The Originators Design
Diane Smallwood PSYD., NCSP Doctor (Retired Prof.), Phila. College of Osteopathic Medicine
Edwin Schlossberg, Executive Leader, ESI Design an NBBJ studio
Eileen J. Kang, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology
elinore aladjem, Director of Project Management, East Coast Drive21
Elizabeth Gressel, Environmental Graphic Designer, Central Park Conservancy
Ellen Snyder-Grenier, Principal, REW & Co.
Gerry Breen Exhibition Designer Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Gracie Woelkers, Global 3D VM & Events Designer, La Mer Estée Lauder Co.
Gretchen Coss, Senior VP, Strategic Partnerships, Gallagher & Associates
Ian Kerrigan, Senior Vice President, Exhibitions, 9/11 Memorial & Museum
Isabella Bruno, Learning and Community Lead, Smithsonian Institution
Jackie Capone, Senior Environmental Graphic Designer, HLW
Jada Schumacher, Professor and Color Specialist, FIT and designorange
James C. Cameron, Silva, Juniper&Scribe, Ltd.
James Pearce, Emerging Technologies Manager, Fashion Institute of Technology
Janice Fuld, Education Consultant 
Jeanne Golly, Associate Professor, Counselor & Instructor, FIT
Jeff Miller, Director of Programming, Unified Field
Jenny Chang, Exhibit Designer, Deckel & Moneypenny
Jessica Schrader, Project Director, Entro
JOE CHRISTIANA, Creative Director, Nationwide 360
Joe Nicholson, Principal, studioMUSarx
Joseph DeLaunay, Experiential Designer, Access TCA
Justin Dworak, President, STAR
Jyun-Jie Ciou, 3D Environmental Designer, Jack Morton Worldwide
Kam Doyle, Designer c
Kate Schein, Thesis Advisor, FIT
Kayla Van Name, Architectural Exhibit Designer, Wildlife Conservation Society
Kevin Spencer, Creative Director, Entro
KP Tacconi, Senior Innovation Manager, NYU Langone Health
Kristin Lilley, Adjunct instructor and Experiencial Graphic Designer, Fashion Institute of Technology
Kyle Lucken, USA Product Manager/CAD Department Supervisor, beMatrix
Kyra Taurman, Executive Creative Director, Gradient Experience
Larina Cipolla, Design Director, Czarnowski
Laura O'Grady, Experiential Designer, HudsonGray
Laura O'Grady, Visual Designer, HudsonGray
Lauren Aaronson, Senior Exhibition Developer & Project Manager, Liberty Science Center
Liza Rawson, Head of Exhibitions, Liberty Science Center
Lizzy Martin, Project Strategy Director, Luci Creative
Lyka Williams, Global 360 VM Design Manager, Aveda
Margot Jacqz, Jacqz Co: Design Search & Recruitment
Marie Clapot, Head of Tactile Studio US, Tactile Studio
Marissa Hohner, Founder & CEO, Good Time Creative
Marla Supnick, President, Unified Field
Marlena Sullivan, Editor, Exhibit City News
MARY ROSSELAND, Principal, Rosseland Consulting LLC
Masha Pyshkina, Lorem Ipsum Corp.
Matthew McNerney, Chief Creative Officer, Luci Creative
Melissa Budinic, Secretary, Exhibits Committee, United Nations
Michael Ferraro, Executive Director, FIT DTech Fashion Institute of Technology
Michele Washington, Thesis Advisor, FIT
Mike DeQuattro, Vice President, Sales & Operations, ExhibitSense
Moeriana Smit, VP of Administration, Cees Smit inc.
Monica Herman, Executive Creative Director, Giant Spoon
Monica O. Montgomery, Community Engagement Manager, PHILADELPHIA250
Nancy Drapeau, IPC VP of Research CEIR
Naz Ertugrul, Interior Designer & Experiential Specialist, Creme
Pamela Ellsworth, Associate Professor and Chair, Fashion Institute of Technology
Pamela Parker, Principal, Undercurrent Design
Pat Friedlander, Marketing Consultant, Word-Up!
Patrick Snee, Principal, Patrick Snee
Paul McConnell, Director, Noble
Paul Melton, Associate Professor, Art Market Studies, FIT
Paul Orselli, Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.
Pauline Lu, Strategy Lead, Gensler
Peter Haas, Project Executive, Design Communications ltd.
Phoebe Mathius, Senior Creative & Creative Workforce Development + Advancement, Exhibitus, Inc.
Reed Sowder, Lead Designer, Deckel & Moneypenny
Rob Hassler, Director of New Business, Bluecadet
Robin Davis-Burke, Senior Experiential Brand Designer, Vocon
Robin Drake, FIT
Robin White Owen, Co-founder & President, MediaCombo
Ryan Hartley Smith, Department Chair MFA Illustration School of Graduate Studies
Sarah Blazer, Director and Associate Professor FIT Writing & Speaking Studio
Sarah Mainhart, National Trade Show Manager, CORT Events
Scott W Briggs, Associate Principal, SKOLNICK Architecture + Design
Shawn Tuohey, Manager, Show Set Design, Walt Disney Imagineering
Stacy Kenny, Creative Director, Consultant
Stephen Ross, VP, Executive Creative Director, Access TCA, Inc.
Steve Deckel, CEO, Deckel & Moneypenny
Steve Keating, Assistant Professor and Associate Director of W&SS, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology
Steven Olken, Senior Project Manager, Color X
Tanisi Ghosh, Environmental Designer, Sparks
Tina Columbus, 3D Experiential Art Director, AGENC
Tocmacov Alin, Partner, C&G Partners
Todd Dailey, vp creative, visual communications
Tony Erpelding, Erpelding Creative
Traci Klainer, Executive Producer, TAIT
Tracy Llewellyn, Environmental Design Lead, ByteDance / TikTok
Trent Oliver, Principal + Managing Director, Blue Telescope Laboratories
Tristan Valencia, Founder, Thought Process
Valeria Valoueva, Lead creative developer, Blue Telescope
Wendy Liebmann, CEO, WSL Strategic Retail
YunChu Chou, CEO, Universal Creative
Zuzanna Zmijewska, 3D Designer, MIRROR NYC

Exhibition and Experience Design Faculty and Thesis Advisors

Brenda Cowan
Christina Ferwerda
Christina Lyons
Eileen Kang
John Delfino
Joseph Karadin
Kate Schein
Kyoka Jiang
Michael Stiller
Paul Melton
Pedro Motta
Peter Hyde
Sara DeAngelis
Ted Nordlander

Exhibition and Experience Design Advisory Board

Dave Walens, CEO, Exploring, Inc.
Gretchen Coss, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Gallagher & Associates
Katina Rigall Zipay, Creative Director, Classic Exhibits Inc.
Michael McMahon, President and CEO, Hill & Partners
Norm Friedrich, President/CEO, OCTANORM North America, Inc.
Rob Cohen, Vice President, (EED Advisory Board Chair), Display Supply & Lighting, Inc.
Stephen Ross, VP / Executive Creative Director, Access TCA