Reece Quiñones

Senior Vice President, Creative Director, and Professor

Executive Vice President, Sr. Creative Director at Hatcher and Professor at GMU

Reece is an award-winning creative director who brings a deep understanding of integrated campaigns across all channels and expertly applies the creative process from conception to completion. With more than 25 years of experience managing and delivering solutions ranging from product development, publishing, web/user experience, marketing communications, multimedia, and production, Reece has the ability to work with diverse business teams and help them articulate their messages to their audiences, then translate that information into compelling creative. Reece previously worked at ASCD for more than 15 years, creating and marketing programs, courses, conferences, products, and services that support educators worldwide. At Hatcher, Reece has led the creative output for OSI-Baltimore, the College of Southern Maryland, Aspen Institute, Baltimore City Community College, Maryland 529, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She earned a bachelor’s degree in Art from the University of Maryland, an M.F.A. in Integrated Design from the University of Baltimore, and an MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus. Reece is also an adjunct professor of design at George Mason University, where she has taught Design Theory and Methods, Infographic Design, Motion Graphics, and UX Design undergraduate and graduate courses for over 15 years. Reece has a passion for mentoring and is a long-standing member of the AIGA Design Continuum Fund, a merit-based scholarship developed for minority and economically disadvantaged students studying art and design in colleges and universities in the Washington, D.C. region. Reece lives in Silver Spring, Md., and on weekends, you will find her volunteering, learning something new, or getting lost in a good book.

Dr. Perry Sweeper

Professor, Morehouse College | Design Technologist

Dr. Perry Sweeper is a design technologist, educator, and researcher. His experience includes work on design, branding, and art-based marketing projects for The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Vitamin Water, Heineken, and Nike. He is an alumnus of Morgan State University and completed his graduate work at the University of Baltimore. His dissertation research explored utilizing human-centered principles and methods to design dashboards for techno-spiritual information.

Dr. Sweeper serves as a Professor of Practice at Morehouse College where he teaches human computer interaction along with developing curriculum for data visualization and human robot interaction.

Jenna Zelkowski

Senior Designer, Design B&B

Jenna Zelkowski is a former east coast graphic designer now based in Chicago. A long-time fan of Flux Student Design Competition, she was involved in the early years of Flux, way back when it was a wee competition in the Shepherd University Mac lab. She served on the AIGA Blue Ridge board and has fond memories of a strong design community and the inspiring events that blossomed.

Since earning her BFA from Shepherd in 2011, Jenna has worked with RidgeRunner Publishing, Graphcom Creative, and at the (bygone) Baltimore outpost of Design B&B. In January 2020, Jenna and a few other designers relocated to Chicago so that the entire Design B&B team could be under one roof.

Approaching design with an insatiable curiosity and a healthy dose of empathy, Jenna never shies away from rolling up her sleeves and getting her hands dirty. These days she can mostly be found crafting all things identity and packaging, and is always looking forward to the next food-focused photoshoot.