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Advertising & Marketing
Tailored Marketing, Inc.
Loaded Creative
Nathan Kress, President / Creative Director
400 lb Communications
Meade Johnson, Marketing Communications Consultant
Self Employed
Rob Throckmorton, Director of Employment and Staffing
MARC USA
Arts Management
Jessica Bowser, Manager of Individual and Donor Relations
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Joshua Jeffrey, Manager of Digital Engagement
The Andy Warhol Museum
Aaron Rinsema, School Director
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Brendan Sandham, Development Coordinator,
Rabbit Run Community Arts Association
Andrew Seay, Patron Services Representative, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Managing Director
Three Rivers Ringers
Design/Architecture & Multimedia
Jonathan M. Golli, Project Architect
Astorino
California University of Pennsylvania
Christine Russell, Director of Web Services
California University of Pennsylvania
David Safin, Director of Multimedia & Marketing
Saint Vincent College
Film & Broadcast Media
Peter Argentine, Producer, Writer and Director
Argentine Productions, Inc.
Gab Cody, Filmmaker/Playwright
Independent Artist
Brian Cottington , Event Media Specialist & Independent Filmmaker
Chatham University
Bruce Koehler, President TelevisionAdGroup.com and NorthshoreStudios.us
TelevisionADGroup.com
John Hilsman, Executive Director
SAG-AFTRA, Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Independent Artists
Daviea Davis, Glass Mosaic Artist
Self-Employed
Sandy Kessler Kaminski, Multi-Media Artist
Self-Employed
CommonWealth Press
Owner
Interactive Media
Bobby Burdette, Interactive Designer
MARC USA
David Malli, Director of Interactive Multimedia
Mind Over Media
Joshua Sager, Program Director of Multimedia Technologies
Pittsburgh Technical Institute
Jim Watt, Director of Major Gifts at Penn State University
Juniata College
Sarah Walluk Swartz, Sr. Interactive Designer
BarkleyREI
Performing Arts
Emmai Alaquiva, Emmy Award-Winner, Entrepreneur, Mentor
Hip Hop on L.O.C.K
Ken Bolden, Teaching Artist/Actor
University of Pittsburgh's Department of Theatre Arts
Tim Hartman, Freelance actor/artist/storyteller
Self Employed
Michele Utzig Philage,Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dance Teacher
Center for Theater Arts
Public Relations
Laura Gething, Communications Manager
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Tracy Gray, Media and Public Relations Manager
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Dr. Michele R. Papakie, Associate Professor and Public Relations
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Cassandra Paradise, Media Buyer
Nartak Media Group
James B. Struzzi II, Press Officer
PA Department of Transportation
Writing & Publishing
Sharon Lippincott, Author, Memoir Writing Teacher and Coach
Self Employed
St. Lynn's Press
Martha Reed, Project Manager/Product Management & Marketing Division
Federated Investors, Inc.
Ryan Riordan, Freelance Sports Reporter
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette