Non-Profit:
Diana Castaneda, Senior Graphic Designer at TRIUMF
Cheryl Heller, President at CommonWise & Founding Chair of the MFA Program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA
Adam Rallo RGD, Creative Director at Catalyst Workshop Inc
Jason Westerlund RGD, Creative Producer of Digital Engagement at Canada's National Arts Centre
For Profit:Alex Beim, Founder and Lead Artist at Tangible
Eddie Opara, Partner-in-Charge & Creative Director at Pentagram
Dave Roberts, Executive Creative Director at McCann Montreal
Christine Waite RGD, Art Director at Capital One Canada
Government:
Adele Bisaillon, Senior Creative Communications Advisor for the Government of the NWT
Stephan Hanks RGD, Senior Advisor, Design and Branding at International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Karen Marshall RGD, Senior Graphic Designer at The Regional Municipality of York
Designer-Driven
Perrin Drumm, Founder & Director of Eye on Design
Jackie Kelly RGD, Designer, Communications and Public Engagement at the Government of British Columbia
Dominic Liu, Associate Creative Director of Design at Sid Lee
Kevin Yuen Kit Lo, Founder and Creative Director at LOKI
Education:
Sean Adams, Chair of the Graphic Design Program at Artcenter
Deborah Clague, Senior Graphic Designer at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Katherine McCurdy-Lapierre RGD, Acting Chief Marketing and Recruitment Officer at Mohawk College
Jennifer Rittner, Interim Chair of the MA in Design Research at SVA
Non-Profit, Client Initiated Category:
Andy Chen, Partner at Isometric Studio
Will Hum RGD, Principal & Creative Director at Clear Space
Jenny Rhodenizer, Marketing & Communications Director at Toronto Botanical Gardens
Cai Sepulis, Partner at Touque Ltd.
Amanda Maslany CGD, Creative Director + Designer at Maslany Creative
For Profit, Client Initiated Category:
Julian Brown RGD, Principal at ON THE CHASE!
Wade Convay, Interactive Creative Lead at Google
John DeWolf RGD, VP at Form:Media
Anne Donohoe, Chief Marketing Officer at MEC
Government Initiated Category:Sonja Banic, Manager of Culture Operations at City of Mississauga
Christopher Brands RGD Emeritus
Kim Pickett CGD, Principal & Creative Director at KIMBO Design
Designer Driven Category:Deborah Adler, President at Adler Design
Ian Grais CGD, National Creative Director at Rethink
Katie Maasik, Senior Designer at Saje Natural Wellness
Nico Taus RGD, Partner & Creative Director at Studio123
Student Category:
Lauren Wickware RGD, Principal & Creative Director at Lauren Wickware Design
Valery Casey, Product Strategy and Design Advisor
Justin Ahrens, Principal at Rule29
Claude Auchu, VP and Creative Director at lg2boutique
Mooren Bofill, Design Director at john st
Richard Carmichael, VP Creative, Marketing and Communications at Zerofootprint Inc.
Flavio Carvalho RGD, Senior Visual Designer at Method
Ross Chandler Affiliate RGD, Principal at Ross Chandler Creative Projects
Monique Gamache, Design Director & Partner at WAX
Lisa Greenberg, SVP, Head of Art, Creative Director at Leo Burnett
Tina Mackenzie RGD, Creative Services Manager at City of Mississauga
Lisa Nakamura, Creative Director of Design at Rethink
Non-Profit, Client Initiated Category:
Manager of Communications at AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), Kyle Greenwood; Designer, Mario Mercier DGA; Founder of Studio Myerscough, Morag Myerscough; Art Director and Principal at Riordon Design, Shirley Riordon RGDFor Profit, Client Initiated Category:
Design Director at Duffy & Partners, Joseph Duffy; Creative Director at Blok Design, Vanessa Eckstein RGD; Head of Corporate Citizenship at Manulife Financial, Chris Ouellete; Principal and Creative Director at Subplot Design Inc., Roy WhiteGovernment Initiated Category:
Book Designer, Irma Boom; Creative Director at the City of Calgary, Brent Mykyte; Principal at Domino Creative, Nicole Vallee RGDDesigner Driven Category:
Kickstarter Co-Founder Charles Adler; Founder of Draplin Design Co., Aaron Draplin; Creative Director and Partner at Underline Studio, Fidel Pena RGD; Creative Director at St. Bernadine Mission Communications, Andrew SamuelDavid Berman RGD, author of Do Good Design: How Design Can Change our World
Frances Edmonds, Director of Environmental Programs at HP Canada
Ben Hagon RGD, Founder and President of Hagon Design
Dmitri Siegel, VP of E-commerce & Executive Creative Director at Patagonia
- Claire Dawson RGD, co-Founder of Underline Studio
Vanessa Eckstein RGD, Founder of Blok Design
Paddy Harrington RGD, Founder of Frontier
Christopher Simmons, Principal at Mine
Sophie Tomas, Founding Director of Thomas.Matthews ltd
Past Judges