[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Chris Fahey is a co-founder of Behavior, an interaction design consultancy, and is on the inaugural faculty of the School of Visual Arts’ new MFA program in Interaction Design, starting in the fall of 2009. He writes about user experience design on his blog [Keep Reading…]

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Michael Leis is an independent strategic consultant helping companies use emerging media, and previously worked at Trellist Marketing|Technology and Emerge Digital. He is also a frequent contributor to iMediaConnection, an online marketing publication. Follow him on Twitter @mleis.   Michael Leis’s mentor is… William [Keep Reading…]

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] This week is a two-for-one special! Gabby couldn’t decide on just one person to highlight, and I wasn’t going to force her.

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Alana Taylor just finished her junior year studying journalism and history at New York University (NYU), and is the Manager of Strategic Marketing at OneTXT. She was previously was an active writer for Mashable and a social media correspondent for PBS. Follow her on [Keep Reading…]

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] David Malouf is a Professor of Interaction Design at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), and was previously a senior interaction designer for Motorola Enterprise Mobility. He is also the co-founder of the Interaction Design Association, which has amassed more than 10,000 [Keep Reading…]

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Gradon Tripp does fundraising at Firstgiving, and is the founder and editor of DesignBoston. He is also the founder of Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC), an organization that leverages the power of social media to raise awareness for worthy causes. Follow him on [Keep Reading…]