Denise Gonzales Crisp, at North Carolina State, innovator of the 'decorative' within graphic design

Steff Geissbuhler at C&G Partners

Wolfgang Weingart, from the Algemeine Kunstgewerbeschule, Basel, Switzerland for a two one-week workshops

Nina Pattek, part-time faculty at RISD and designer in Boston, Massachusetts

Oscar Fernandez, University of Cincinnati

Jerry Kuyper, who has been a principle designer at major design firms such as: Landor Associates, Siegel & Gale Associates, Lippencott and Mercer and personally was responsible for creating of the World Wildlife Fund, panda bear logo, the Sprint logo and the AT&T logo

Leslie Haynes, American Express Design Division in New York

Ken Heibert, University of the Arts, Philadelphia

Andrew Bleauvelt, Walker Art Center, St Paul, Minneapolis

Kate Weingart-Wolfe, from the New School Bern, Switzerland

Russell Banks, formerly with Siegel & Gale Associates, now with Gensler in L.A.