Board of Directors
President
Nicola is an independent art director and graphic designer, who specializes in editorial design. She’s obsessed with magazines, so much so that she opened Issues Magazine Shop, a retailer of independent...
VP for Communications, Chair of the Design Committee
VP for Education, Chair of the Education Committee
Diana Varma RGD is an award-winning design educator by day and a podcaster by night; getting creative with creatives about all things creative. She is a woman in STEAM who operates a traditional offset ...
VP for Membership, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee
Ruth uses her creative talents to inform and delight at the City of Côte Saint-Luc (a municipality in the West End of Montreal), where she has worked for over 20 years as their in-house graphic designer...
VP for Diversity & Inclusion, Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Xandr is a multi-hyphenated queer trans creative director, designer, illustrator, front-end developer, travelling speaker and educator. His design firm, ARToverMATTER, is a creative studio that gives a ...
Secretary, Chair of the Events Committee
With a proven track record in brand transformation and a passion for captivating design, Alex is an experienced Creative Director dedicated to delivering exceptional results. She specializes in creating...
Treasurer, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee
Directors
Vice Chair of the Events Committee
Meghan specializes in print design, illustration and motion. While she started her career on the agency side, her passion for international development, education and gender equality helped her land rol...
Vice-Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Chris is an award-winning strategic communicator, copywriter, and graphic designer living and working in Metro Vancouver, on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musq...
Chair of the Certification Committee
Vice Chair of the UX Advisory Group
As a creative leader with over 20 years of strategic management experience and hands-on expertise in various digital ecosystems and industries, I've built my career by designing insight-based, accessibl...
Chair of the UX Advisory Group
Geneviève is a strategic design leader with hands-on product and service design expertise and 10+ years of experience empowering creative teams in fast-paced tech environments.
She helps companie...
Associate RGD Rep, Chair of the Associate Committee & Vice Chair of the Education Committee
Rupsha is a Designer specializing in Human-Centered Design, an Emerging Design Educator, and an Emerging Design Researcher. Rupsha is pursuing her Master of Design at York. Her work involves looking at ...