BLACK IN DESIGN
2025: ORGANIZERS
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs: Kiki Cooper, Lily Saki, Ariana Chanelle Everett, & Rami Elegbede
Co-Leads: Delilah Brown, Donald Oloruntobo, Michael Anthony Bryan II
Contributors: Celina Abba (Alumni), Darius A-L Bottorff, Montréale Jones, Imani Day, Chadwick Bowlin, Selwyn Bachus (Alumni), Khan Muhammad, Tyler White, Stephen Early, Whytne Stevens (Alumni), Porsche Dames, Lys Otarola, & Oluwatobiloba Fagbule (Alumni)
EXHIBITION TEAM
Tyler White: Co-Designer, Co-Curator
Celina Abba: Co-Designer
Kiki Cooper: Co-Designer, Co-Curator, Project Manager
Michael Anthony Bryan II: Interview Coordinator, Co-Designer
Lawrence Stephen Early IV: Co-Designer
Darius A.L. Bottorff: Co-Designer
Jabari Canada: Filmmaker, Editor
Milaun Brown: Archivist
Research Contributors: Donald Olunrotoba, Grant Stokes, Kiki Cooper, Lawrence Stephen Early IV, Mica Caine, Milena Almetica, Tyler White, Celina Abba
Artifact Contributors: Michele Y. Washington, Vanessa Morrison, Inumidun Obikoya, Alula Hunsen, Afomia Hunde, Pierce Gordon
Interview Contributors: Courtney Jacobovits, Dana McKinney White, Megan Echols, Natasha Hicks, Cara Michell, Breanna Taylor, Tosin Odugbemi, Kai Walcott, Dora Mugerwa, & Oluwatobiloba Fagbule
Installation: Kiki Cooper, Michael Anthony Bryan II, Donald Olunrotoba, Ibiebele Opuso-Jama, Darius A.L. Bottorff
Collaborators: Howard University – Moorland Spingarn Research Center
BSU LEADERSHIP
Co-President: Kiki Cooper (MDes Publics & MLAUD, 2027)
Co-President: Ariana Chanelle Everett (MUP, 2026)
Treasurer/Secretary: Michael Anthony Bryan II (MLA I, 2026)
Alumni Relations Chair: Sada Spence (MDes, 2027)
Co-Social Chair: Lawrence Stephen Early IV (MArch I, 2026)
Co-Social Chair: Milena Almetica (MUP, 2027)
AFRICAGSD LEADERSHIP
President: Lily Saki (MARCH I, 2026)
Treasurer: Martha Oloo (MLA, 2027)
Event Liaison: Toby Matus-Bond (MLA, 2027)
VOLUNTEERS
Saumya Shruti, Ashleigh Brady, Nisha Singh, Karla De Jesus, Brandon Ndikumana, Sierra Foster, Ellen Tang, Gail Gustafson, Laura DaRos, Andre Weiss (Photography), Augustine Wong (Photography), & Sada Spence
SPONSORS
Organizations: Harvard Graduate School of Design, The Graham Foundation, & Tawan Davis Impact Foundation
Individuals: Danielle Choi
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Sarah Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture
Dan Borelli, Director of Exhibitions
Erica George, Senior Coordinator, Student Life
Laura DaRos, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Sarah Rafson, Associate Director of Public Programs
Raquel Rivera, Public Programs Coordinator
Dana McKinney White, Assistant Professor of Urban Design
Toni L .Griffin, Professor in Practice of Urban Planning
Sara Zewde, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture
Stephen Gray, Associate Professor of Urban Design
Diane Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism
Maurice Cox, Emma Bloomberg Professor in Residence of Urban Planning and Design
Danielle Choi, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Christine G. O’Brien, Administrative & Financial Coordinator (conference cheerleader)
Christina Burkot, Financial Analyst
Trevor O’Brien, Associate Director for Building Services
James Stockard, Interim Curator, Loeb Fellowship
Susan Ocitti Mahoney, Program Director of Loeb Fellowship
Kweta Henry, Program Coordinator of Loeb Fellowship
Matt Smith, Assistant Director, Multimedia Production
Ken Stewart, Assistant Dean and Director of Communications and Public Programs
David Zimmerman-Stuart, Exhibitions Coordinator
Veronica Bagnole, Digital Project Manager
Gail Gustafson, Director of Admissions
VISUAL IDENTITY
Darius A-L Bottorff, Kiki Cooper, & Khan Muhammed
DRUM PERFORMANCE
SPECIAL THANKS
The organizers would like to extend a special thank you to Aga Silva, designer of the typeface AuldMagick which was used to develop this years conference logo.
We’d also like to thank all of our speakers, moderators, sponsors, volunteers & attendees.