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2019 UCDA Design Competition Judges

PRINT JUDGES

LAHENRYA BOYD
LaHenrya Boyd (above left) is a senior graphic designer and brand manager at the University of Memphis, a public research university in the metropolitan city of Memphis, Tennessee. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the University of Memphis and is currently pursuing a master’s in Strategic Leadership. LaHenrya is passionate about helping clients visually communicate to their audience. She has spent more than a decade working for some of the best companies in the world, including FedEx and Walt Disney World.

LaHenrya brought her diverse professional background to her alma mater in 2015. Her keen awareness of the creative process coupled with her critical thinking skills enables her to challenge and inspire the marketing and branding of her institution. Her passions include education, diversity & inclusion, running and thrifting. She also occasionally blogs about her thrift finds and DIY creations.

SHERI FLOURNEY SELPH
Sheri Flournoy​ Selph (above center) is an assistant professor in graphic design at Middle Tennessee State University, where she has been teaching since 2013. She formerly held the position of associate creative director with Acxiom Corporation in their Nashville office where she specialized in graphic and web ​design for national-level direct marketing and advertising campaigns. Before joining MTSU, Sheri accrued over 10 years of experience in the professional field of graphic design working in art direction, print design, and web design. She currently teaches a variety of interactive graphic design classes and senior-level graphic design classes at MTSU. Her research includes the use of interactive media and new technology to enhance the design and aesthetic experience of multi-channel branding, advertising, and marketing campaigns. Sheri lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee with her husband, one daughter, and two dogs. ​
 
JEREMY SLAGLE
Jeremy Slagle (above right) always knew he’d become a designer someday. As a kid, he drew everything and anything he could think of, hung out with the designers at the advertising agency where his mom worked, and constantly took things apart to better understand them. Always looking for new ways to solve problems, Jeremy was the kid, and later the adult, whom people turned to when they needed help expressing themselves and their ideas graphically.

Today, as the principal of his own firm, Jeremy puts his insatiable curiosity to work every day as he gets into the heads of his clients to really understand what it is they want and—perhaps more importantly—need in order to develop a memorable brand presence. With a firm belief that he is the master of his computer (and not the other way around), he works everything out on paper first to ensure that the logos he designs and the brands he creates are as thoughtful, effective and original as the clients they represent. Jeremy lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife Becky, two teenagers and a miniature poodle.

 

DIGITAL JUDGES

LUIS CHACON
Luis Chacon (above left) is the web director at NC State University and serves as the university’s lead digital strategist, focusing on integrating content strategy with results-based web marketing execution.

He has proven ability to build strong collaborative relationships with strategic partners and key constituents, as well as managing a top-tier research university’s comprehensive online presence, including its central website and social media channels.

ABBY MCLEAN
Abby McLean (above center) is a UX/visual designer for mStoner, a digital design agency specializing in higher education websites. She has been designing websites professionally for almost 20 years. Previously, Abby served as a senior designer at Columbia College Chicago for nearly 10 years. There, she produced highly acclaimed digital and print projects, including the redesign of the college’s award-winning website. Abby holds a bachelor’s in Visual Communications from Ohio University and began her career on a team that designed websites for presidential campaigns and other electoral races.

DAVID ROLL
David Roll (above right) is an assistant professor at Kent State University. He joined the Kent State faculty in fall 2015 as a joint appointment with the School of Visual Communication Design and the School of Information. He earned his combined BS/MA degree from the Kent State University VCD program in 2007 and has worked as a graphic designer/art director and part-time instructor since. Before coming back to Kent State, David worked as a designer for The Discovery Channel and Epstein Design Partners on a range of projects from print design and branding to interactive, motion, UI design and environmental graphics. He served as the manager and art director of the Cleveland State University Marketing department where he functioned as creative director of the graphic design team and focused his efforts on assisting the University with branding, environmental graphics and web/UI/application design.

Along with his teaching position David is the director of design for the Cleveland, Ohio based marketing firm Acclaim Communications, where he focuses primarily on creative direction for branding and interactive design work.

David also taught graphic design and UI/UX/responsive design web development courses for Kent State and Cleveland State part-time before joining Kent State as a full-time faculty member. Now David splits his teaching assignment between the UXD and VCD programs, focusing on interaction and interface design and usability for the UXD program, and print, interactive, and branding for the VCD program.