In Gratitude
I’ve met and worked with a lot of great people over the past 25 years in this business. I’ve traveled to and worked in a lot of great places. Those experiences are revealed in my work. Long ago a guy interviewing me for a job in New York told me that my resume looked more like an itinerary than a curriculum vitae. I thought his remark funny and insightful.
Those listed below I remember fondly. Sadly, I’ve lost touch with many but admired them greatly when we knew each other. Others remain trusted colleagues, confidantes and dinner companions. All helped make me a better writer and thinker and business person.
With any luck, my itinerary — and work life — will continue to be far-flung, event filled and interesting.
Anne Telford (Communication Arts, Menlo Park, CA)
Barbara Newey (UPS, Atlanta)
Barry Green (Bright & Associates, Los Angeles)
Beth Cochran (Journey Communications, Philadelphia)
Beth Perpall (Wages Design, Atlanta)
Bill Gignilliat (Metropolitan Public Art Coalition, Atlanta)
Bob Wages (Wages Design, Atlanta)
Brad White and Shelli Keagle (Revolution Partners, Atlanta)
Chris Martin (EM2, Atlanta)
Critt Graham (Critt Graham and Associates, Atlanta)
Ellen Hartman (Shandwick Weber PR, Atlanta)
Emily Potts (STEP Inside Design, Peoria, IL)
Emmett Curran, S.J (Georgetown University, Washington D.C.)
Erica Houmard (UPS, Atlanta)
Bob Siegel (Easter Seals Child Development Centers, Chicago)
Gaby Brink (Tomorrow Partners, West Berkeley, CA)
George Goodwin (Manning, Selvage & Lee, Atlanta)
Harriett Sanford (Charlotte Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC)
Heather Krupp (CheckFree, Atlanta)
Jan Lorenc and Chung Yoo (Lorenc+Yoo Design, Roswell, GA)
Jeanne Dooley (Swingshift Golf Clinics, Atlanta)
Joel Nakamura (Nakamura Studio, Santa Fe, NM)
Jordan Patsios (ToolBox Interactive Design, Alpharetta, GA)
Julie Rhoads (The Names Project, Atlanta)
Kathi Roberts (Roberts Design, Atlanta)
Keith Bright (Bright Design, Los Angeles)
Khun Nippon (Saatchi & Saatchi, Bangkok)
Larry Klein (Larry Klein Design, Venice Beach, CA)
Laura Allen (Shell Oil, London)
Bart Cleveland (Sawyer Riley Compton, Atlanta)
Louise Plonowski (Atlanta)
Luba Lukova (Lukova Studios, Long Island City, NY)
Luke Mauricio (UPS, Atlanta)
Marc Porter (Chico, CA)
Maria Lluisa Borras (Barcelona/Atlanta Cultural Legacy Project)
Tom Dalia (Smith Dalia Architects, Atlanta)
Mary Hilpertshauser (Atlanta)
Maxey Andress (Atlanta)
Nancy Sherrill (Shine Design, Marietta, GA)
Penny Kemp (Riley Center for the Performing Arts, Memphis)
Peter Middleton (Saatchi & Saatchi, Bangkok)
Rachelle Cacci (Organized Confusion, Atlanta)
Rebecca Bedrossian (Communication Arts , Menlo Park, CA)
Richard Verch (Strong Environmental, Duluth, GA)
Risa DeGourge (Hopper Papers, Atlanta)
Robert Bush (Charlotte Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC)
Robyn Salter (EM2, Atlanta)
Rod Dyer (Los Angeles)
Rory Myers (Rory Myers Design, Function, New York)
Scott Mikus (Crawford Mikus Design, Atlanta)
Sylvie Hamel (UPS Brand Communications, Atlanta)
Tanya Cox (Decatur, GA)
Tom Biederbeck (Step Inside Design , Peoria, IL)
Tom Klein (Atlanta)
Tom Murphy (Murphy’s Restaurant, Atlanta)
Tom Wright (Neenah Paper, Alpharetta, GA)
Toni Appling (UPS, Atlanta)
Tony King (Atlanta)
Tracy Nicholas Bledsoe (WEA Records, New York)
Veronica Njoku (Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta)
Virginia Cope (Ohio State University, Columnus, OH)
Winton Porter (Mountain Crossings, Blairsville, GA)