CADC 2008-2009 Board

The CADC announced their 2008-2009 Officers and Directors, with Deb Kline of Group 4 returning as President, Troy Monroe and Brian Grabell of co:lab serving as Vice President and Secretary, Rena DeBortoli as Treasurer and Shannon Brenek of GreyDogDesign as the new Executive Director. Board of Directors include Bruce Barone, Kelly Clark, David Cushman, Craig Edmond, James Gibson, Nick Healy, Lorena Iturrino, Ben Jura, Tom Kutz, Judi McCabe, Lee Moody, Rachel Rowan, Mark Snyder, Beth Ann Strong, Margaret Tobelman and Dawn Wilkins.

Plaid in HOW

Danbury agency Plaid is featured in the September issue of HOW. Their 2007 Plaid Summer Tour won a “Merit” award for self-promotion, and was also featured in a two-page spread describing the tour as a unique self-promotional tool.

INHOUSE DESIGN AWARDS

Connecticut was well-represented in Graphic Design USA’s AMERICAN INHOUSE DESIGN AWARDS. Winners included Bridgeport Hospital (Susan Martini), United Natural Foods of Dayville (Lee Winchell, Jillian Camarata), MNI of Stamford (Mindi Lund, Rachel Rowan, Mark Hintsa, Joanne Hus), The Hartford (Michael Smith, William Cruz, Marilou Soltis), Golf Digest of Wilton (Lance Hertzbach, Deb Chute), Red 7 Media of Norwalk (Carolyn Eyler, Vanessa DeMartino), United Rentals of Greenwich (Fiona Rohde), Valassis of Windsor (Steff Macmath, Lynda Kirby) and Scientech of New Milford (Mary Jagirdar).

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