Lauren Wenchel, IDSA | Chapter Chair, Mid-Atlantic | Stanley Black & Decker

IDSA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Chair: 2012–2013
IDSA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Social Coordinator: 2010

KIERSTEN MUENCHINGER, IDSA
Director, Product Design Program & Principal, Green Product Design Network

Leslie Speer, IDSA | San Jose State University

IDSA Design for the Majority Section Chair: 2006–2013
IDSA Educator of the Year: 2009

Leslie Speer was one of the founders of the Design for the Majority professional interest section and served as chair from its formation in spring 2006 through summer 2011.

Cheryl Zhenyu Qian, IDSA | Purdue University

Shelley A. Takahashi,  IDSA | L.A. Chair | Art Institute of California

Industrial Design Consultant

Faculty / The Art Institute of California

My design philosophy blends good design process, business strategy, common sense and fascination.

I learned good design at the CSULB Industrial Design department.

The MBA program at Pepperdine University taught me business strategy.

My common sense approach comes from 18 years of working in the field of industrial design over 4 continents.

Joyce Thomas, IDSA | SAGE Vice Chair | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaigne

Judy Riley, IDSA | Moen, Inc.

Courtney Hewitt, IDSA | Industrial Designer, OSRAM SYLVANIA

New York Chapter Vice Chair: 2010-2012

RitaSue Siegel, IDSA | RitaSue Siegel Resources

President, RitaSue Siegel Resources, an Aquent Company

RitaSue Siegel, IDSA is an innovator and a pioneer. Her speaking and writing to general and design-related audiences has focused on how design can enhance life, championing the designer as the users' advocate and promoting design strategy as a critical function in support of business objectives. Always an outspoken critic, her work has helped raise the standards of design education.

Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA | Tailored Learning Tools