BLACK IN DESIGN
2021: ORGANIZERS

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Caleb Negash and Tomi Laja
Program + Speaker Outreach Lead: Somala Diby
Marketing + Branding Lead: Tosin Odugbemi
Finance Lead: Wanjiku Ngare
Logistics Lead: Nicholas Gray

AASU LEADERSHIP

President: Jaline McPherson (MLA, 2021)
Vice President: Damian Bolden (MArch, 2022)
Treasurer: Caleb Negash (MArch, 2022)
External Relations Chair: Oluwatosin Alliyu (MDE, 2021)
Internal Relations Chair: Taelor Malcolm (MUP, 2021)
Media Chair: Tara Oluwafemi (MArch, 2022)
Social Chair: Cecley Hill (MUP, 2021)

ADVISORS

Jean Lauer (LF), GSD AASU Co-Founder/Chairwoman and Founder/CEO, Sweeten
Justin Garrett Moore, Executive Director, New York City Public Design Commission
Marc Norman (LF), Associate Professor of Practice in Urban and Regional Planning, Taubman College, University of Michigan
Courtney Sharpe (BiD 2015 Co-Chair), Senior Urban Planner, Boston Planning and Development Agency
Alexie Torres-Fleming (LF), Executive Director, Access Strategies Fund
Kolu Zigbi (LF), Program Director, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Noyes Foundation

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Sarah Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture
Dan Borelli, Director of Exhibitions
Travis Dagenais, Assistant Director of Communications
Erica George, Coordinator of Student Activities and Outreach
Lindsey Grant, Assistant Director of Events and Special Projects
Stephen Gray, Associate Professor of Urban Design
Toni Griffin (LF), Professor in Practice of Urban Planning
Paige Johnston, Assistant Director of Public Programs
Jesse M. Keenan, Lecturer in Architecture
Geri Nederhoff, Co-Chair, Dean’s Diversity Initiative and Director of Admissions
Caroline Newton, Director of Internal Administration, Office of the Dean
Christine G. O’Brien, Financial Associate
Trevor O’Brien, Manager of Building Services
John Peterson (LF), Curator, Loeb Fellowship
Brad Quigley, Director of Alumni Programs
Matt Smith, Media Services Manager
Susan Spaulding, Building Services Coordinator
Ken Stewart, Assistant Dean and Director of Communications and Public Programs
Sally Young, Coordinator of the Loeb Fellowship Program
David Zimmerman-Stuart, Exhibitions Coordinator

SPECIAL THANKS

All of our participants, volunteers, and sponsors.