Maurice Woods knows design can change lives and communities.
The Executive Director/Founder of the Inneract Project, an organization dedicated to providing free design education to inner-city youth, and to helping aspiring designers pursue careers through higher education, Maurice created the design education framework which serves as the program’s core curriculum and provides leadership for volunteer staff, helps set organization and education policy and develops IP’s strategic vision.
A graduate of the University of Washington (BFA and MFA in Visual Communication Design), Maurice played basketball as an undergraduate and professionally worldwide for seven years before returning to UW to earn his master’s degree. Since graduating, he has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at multiple colleges, lectured nationally and internationally and contributed to various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal.
Currently a Senior Designer at Yahoo!, Maurice previously worked as a designer at Pentagram Design, where he created extensive identity, retail, exhibit and interactive programs for clients such as Nike, Greyhound, Symantec, Priceline.com, and Google. He has won multiple design awards, been featured in numerous publications and is a Jefferson Award winner. He has served as Co-Chair of Education for the AIGA San Francisco and nationally as a Board of Advisor for the Diversity Archive Collection Exhibition, and currently sits on the board for Design Ignites Change.
Dr. Joe Schwarcz is dedicated to separating sense from nonsense.
Well known for his informative and entertaining lectures on topics ranging from the chemistry of love to the science of aging, he’s Director of McGill University’s ‘Office for Science and Society.’
Professor Schwarcz has received numerous awards for teaching chemistry and for interpreting science for the public, and is the only non-American ever to win the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Grady-Stack Award for demystifying chemistry. He hosts The Dr. Joe Show on Montreal radio, has appeared hundreds of times on television and is the author of 14 best sellers. Also an amateur conjurer, Dr. Joe often spices up his presentations with a little magic.
Sallomé Hralima dreamed of giving every high school student in America a life coach. She never dreamed that she’d actually find a job that allowed her to do that.
Jennifer Shoop is always thinking about money.
Chief Innovation Officer at Moneythink—a non-profit providing financial capability mentorship to economically disadvantaged urban youth—Jen leads educational design, digital engagement and data infrastructure efforts, and has most recently directed the design and development of a mobile application.
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