Tyler earned a degree in Communication Art and Design from VCU in 1995. He has worked at three magazines and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and is currently the art director for Virginia Living magazine and a part-time professor at VCU in the Communication Arts department. Over the years, Tyler’s work has been published in the Art Director’s Club of New York Annual, the Communication Arts Design Annual, Print magazine’s Regional Design annual, and the Society of Publication Design Annuals and SPOTS competition. Recently, he shared a Society of Illustrator’s editorial gold medal honor as art director for a piece with illustrator Sterling Hundley. He spends his free time painting, wakeboarding, and experimenting with an old 11x14 ultra large format camera. He lives in Richmond, with his lovely (and very understanding) wife, two daughters and son.

A native-born Texan and VCU graduate in Communication Design, David balances his creativity through design and his analytical attention to detail through project management. David’s calm demeanor and positive attitude make him a trusted colleague and dependable teammate. Unless of course his blood sugar begins to drop. Then (in order), run, hide and pray.

As a child, Madonna dreamed of becoming one thing: a jazz-singing cowgirl. And while she is known to belt out a tune or two on karaoke nights, she never seems to find cause to pull out a lasso at work as Graphic Designer and Assistant Web Master at the Virginia State Bar.

When she is not designing, Madonna can be found creating or assembling objet d’art, dropping a hip in Richmond with the dance troupe Caravan Mystique, or working with her husband, Phil, on their antebellum work-in-progress in historic Petersburg. The two have never met a stray animal they didn’t like, which explains the three dogs and two cats and where those afore mentioned cowgirl-style wrangling skills might come in handy.

Graphic Designer, born in San Juan, PR., influenced by her Architect parents, she started her graphic design studies at the Savannah College of Art & Design, continued at Southwest Texas State University, and earned her BFA in graphic design at the Corcoran College of Art& Design in Washington, DC. Currently an Art Director at the CarMax Home office in Richmond, Va., she has over 14 years of experience in graphic design, enjoys designing logos, corporate identities, exhibit design and environmental graphics. Joined AIGA because of her love and passion for graphic design.

Because of her vacation travels in the past 9 years, she has earned the title of “World traveler” by friends & colleagues. She also enjoys design, photographing architecture, listening to alternative music & speaking Spanish.

Born and raised in Roanoke, Virginia, Megan has spent her life slowly heading eastward across the state. After receiving her B.A. in studio art from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, she moved to Richmond to become a “grown-up”. She is a client services coordinator at MBM Marketing, a full service marketing firm in Scott's Addition. Outside of work, she is a cat lady, story-repeater, and card-carrying member of the Richmond Public Library. Hobbies include oil painting and volunteering with her church’s youth group.

With a deep love of drawing and creating in general, Frank couldn’t be happier in any other industry or profession. Staying busy is never a problem as he is a key gear in the machine that is Virginia Living magazine—top that off with putting together another magazine, Richmond Guide. Frank is also an adjunct professor at his Alma Mater in VCU’s Communication Arts department. When work subsides he enjoys hoarding vinyl records and spending time with his wife and two lovable pups, Kaiser and Puddin’ Pop.

After growing up in Powhatan, VA, Rebecca attended Wingate University in North Carolina for two years and then transferred to James Madison University (Go Dukes!) to receive a BFA in Graphic Design. She has worked for the same company for 5 years as their Marketing-Designer-anything creative-Assistant and has most recently been promoted to their Advertising & Publications Administrator. When she’s not working 8 to 5, she drums on her djembe, dreams of being a rock star, reads various magazines like PASTE, Communication Arts, HOW, Wired, MacWorld, enjoys working in youth ministry, loves traveling to unknown and well known places on the globe and loves meeting new fun people through AIGA!

Jean is a transplant from NY where she earned her BFA in Design Graphics from New York Institute of Technology. After twenty years in the busines she has seen many changes (do you even know what Rubylith is?) and is still passionate about design.

Working solo from home producing editorial design/promotion and identity work for clients ranging from a dirt racetrack to a health journal allows her time to be a domestic diva for her husband and two girls. AIGA gives her a place to find her people and expand her design horizons.

In 2002, Matt graduated from James Madison University with a BFA/concentration in Graphic Design and started working as a print designer in the Washington, DC area. Although the work wasn’t always glamorous, the experiences were invaluable in shaping and developing his skills as a typographer and visual artist. Matt has always been fascinated with alternative printing methods and started taking courses in screen printing and letterpress printing. During his free time, he collaborated with different designers and artists hand printing posters and artwork for bands, events, and worthy causes. In 2007 while at Fuszion Collaborative in Alexandria, VA, Matt decided to leave the studio life and move to Charlottesville, VA to start freelancing as a designer and illustrator. He has designed and developed corporate identities, stationary systems, annual reports, brochures, posters, media kits, ad campaigns, environmental design systems, and product packaging.

On days when not repeating “Don’t hit your brother because I SAID SO!” seventeen times, Peyton teaches design and digital media as an associate professor in VCU’s School of Mass Communications. She has been an AIGA member since joining in 1999 during her stint as a graphic design professor at the University of South Carolina. Now back in her hometown, Peyton is ready to rock it out with anything related to design, geeky digital stuff, 80’s music, and beer.

Bernadine was born in Richmond, VA where she still resides with her wonderfully talented and supportive husband Stanley. They have two pretty awesome children, and four wonderfully entertaining grandchildren.

She says she got into graphic design a little backwards while working as a receptionist at Virginia Housing Development Authority. She was asked to take on designing their employee newsletter, and, after several years of being responsible for more and more of the company’s publications, Bernadine decided it was time to go back to school and learn how to do it right. That’s how she ended up at VCU, where she received her BFA in communication design. She later earned her Masters degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Currently she is a Senior Graphic Designer at VHDA, and an adjunct instructor with the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division.

Holly Rodriguez has a B.S. degree in Mass Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. For the past ten short years, she has managed a splintered, yet gratifying, writing career, beginning with public relations at her alma mater, then moving on to journalism, then marketing, then back to public relations again. A chica constantly on the move, she balances life as a freelance writer and editor with her daytime gig as Media and Public Relations officer for University of Richmond.

The Virginia Press Association has recognized her work as an investigative journalist, and her writing has been featured in USA Today, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Style Weekly and Virginia Business Magazine. She been quoted in the Miami Herald, Better Homes N’ Gardens magazine and Working Mother magazine. When she isn’t chasing her two year old daughter around or singing the praises of Oprah, she is feeding her addiction to movies and indulging in her hyper-fondness of Johnny Depp.