OUR JUDGES
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Ron Bronson
Designer and Urban Theorist Faculty member, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Ron Bronson is a designer and urban theorist with two decades of experience leading digital transformation across the U.S. He is a faculty member at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where he teaches in the Urban Technology program.
Previously, he served as Head of Design at 18F, where he led modernization efforts for federal agencies including Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Trade Commission. His current scholarship examines the mechanics of public trust and how technology reshapes civic life.
Ron has organized several public-interest design initiatives, including Portland Digital Corps, Design for the Public, and Indianapolis Design Week. He is President Emeritus of AIGA Portland.
Jacob DeGeal
Designer. Transportation Geek. Assistant Professor, The University of Baltimore
Jacob is a designer and self-described transportation geek. Experienced in both print and interactive design, he is a prudent decision-maker who is able to turn complex ideas into concise and stunning deliverables. Jacob spent the first ten years of his career working as an in-house web designer and design manager at Illinois State University, where he collaborated with a cross-disciplinary team to redesign hundreds of websites–from grant-funded research projects to the flagship university homepage.
In 2012, Jacob co-founded a bike advocacy organization for the twin cities of Bloomington-Normal, IL. During this time he lead efforts organizing significant fundraising and community-focused events (such as Tour de Taco and Bike Movie Nights), supporting the organizations’ operational goals through merchandise and memberships, and facilitating a grassroots safety awareness campaign co-funded by both city governments.
Seeing first-hand the value of collaborative design in the public realm, Jacob went back to school to earn his M.F.A. in Design at the University of Texas at Austin. There he developed ChalkTalk, a participatory design framework for designing sustainable transportation infrastructure. Upon graduating Jacob worked as a transportation planner and designer at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates in Boston, MA, working with clients across the United States, ranging from small municipal governments to large philanthropic organizations.While in New England he won a 10-month public art residency through the city of Salem with his creative partner, Lauren Smedley, helping local businesses navigate the COVID-19 pandemic through creative queuing, placemaking, and wayfinding. Jacob is currently an assistant professor at the University of Baltimore's graduate Integrated Design program.
Scott Gericke
Assistant Professor, Department of Design, Loyola University New Orleans & Creative Director, The Collective
Scott Gericke has been blazing trails across his illustrious academic and professional career for over three decades. And in that time, he’s accomplished a stellar reputation for creating award-winning design work and teaching some of the brightest designers in the business. His professional resume spans an impressive group of prominent St. Louis-based design firms focused on brand identity, environmental, and information design systems.
On top of that, his design director position at a global marketing and advertising agency connected him to powerhouse brands like Coca-Cola, UPS, Logitech, Subway International, and Anheuser-Busch InBev, creating impactful campaigns, packaging, and promotional designs. Alongside his professional work, he has served as lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at University of Missouri-St. Louis, and now an Assistant Professor of Design at Loyola University New Orleans. Scott also played a key role in bringing AIGA, the professional association for design, to St. Louis, where he served as president and was honored with the prestigious Fellow Award in 2008.
Now settled in New Orleans, he continues to grow his design consultancy and build a diverse client roster. Scott's website.
Christine Taylor
Executive Creative Leader, Los Angeles, CA
Christine Taylor is an executive creative leader with expertise in entertainment-based licensed consumer products, fan events & experiences and brand strategy & development. The last two decades she was a creative manager & strategist over the creative product development and licensing relationships between Hallmark teams and entertainment partners like Star Wars, Warner Bros./DC, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Paramount, 20th Century, BBC, LEGO, Sony, Microsoft, Crunchyroll, VIZ Media, and many more over the years.
She was also founder and Creative Director for PopMinded — Hallmark’s pop culture brand experience, overseeing the creative strategy for pop-up shops at fan conventions, fan engagement, social media, e-commerce, marketing and sponsorships. Previously, she worked as a designer in several areas of the Hallmark including gift books, the internal corporate marketing & branding studio, and the B2B loyalty marketing studio that created content for brands like State Farm, Nestlé and Target.
Her freelance work includes design and branding for local Kansas City bars, theaters and non-profits. She has spoken at several design and branding conferences, jurored many design, advertising and licensing award shows and has served on both the AIGA National Board of Directors and locally as President, Programming and Communications Director for AIGA KC.
Past Flux Judges
Flux winners are selected by a national panel of distinguished creatives. Our past judges have included:
Creative Director and Digital Strategist at the White House
Served in 2015
Served in 2016
Founder and executive director of Creative Reaction Lab
Served in 2015
President Emeritus/Design Week Committee Chair - AIGA Baltimore
Served in 2019
Owner | Creative Director - Postern
Served in 2019
Jeffrey Everett
Served in 2017
Strategic & Creative. Branding & Design.
Served in 2020
Served in 2016
Principal/Creative Director
Served in 2022
Principal, lead strategist and design director at Hartford’s CO:LAB
Served in 2015
Writer, Designer, and Educator
Served in 2024
Queen Bee, Octavo Designs
Served in 2018
Timothy J. Hykes
Served in 2017
Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Foundations at Grand Valley State University
Served in 2024
Social Impact Design Educator
Served in 2021
Senior Vice President, Creative Director, and Professor
Served in 2023
Graphic Design Instructor, Co-Chair for AIGA’s Design Educators Community
Served in 2022
Founder | Designer - Fox Creative
Served in 2019
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Tennessee State University
Served in 2024
Lead User Experience and Interface Designer
Served in 2021
Design Strategist & Creative Coach
Served in 2020
Served in 2016
Professor, Morehouse College | Design Technologist
Served in 2023
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
Served in 2018
Founder of CURVE THEORY
Served in 2020
Creative Director, Studio Dzo
Served in 2018
Creative Director and Educator
Served in 2021
Ann Willoughby
Served in 2017
Assistant Professor of Design at the University of New Hampshire / Graphic Designer
Served in 2022
Senior Designer, Design B&B
Served in 2023