International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

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IADAS is an intellectually diverse organization that includes over 750 Executive Academy members such as musicians David Bowie and Beck, Martha Stewart, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Internet inventor and Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, Huffington Post Founder Arianna Huffington, and AKQA Global Creative Chief Rei Inamoto.

Associate Members of IADAS are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals. Members also include writers and editors from publications such as The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe, and WallPaper.

Membership in IADAS is currently by invitation only and is limited to those individuals who have catalyzed great achievements on the Internet, demonstrated extraordinary talent in a traditional medium, or who possess in-depth knowledge of new media and comprehensive familiarity with a broad range of sites within a category.

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Associate Members [318]

NameTitleOrganization
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Hege Aaby Creative Director Sennep Ltd.
Andy Abramson CEO Comunicano, Inc.
Edward Adams Editor and Publisher ABA Journal
Paula Aguilera Digital Media Producer
Jassim Ahmad Head of Visual Projects Reuters
Travis Alber Founder and CCO BookGlutton.com
Toby Alfred Acquisition General Manager Progressive Insurance
Susan Alger Director, Information Technology Center for Responsive Politics
Glenn Osten Anderson Multimedia Journalist/Producer
Kevin Arthur Executive Vice President Firstborn
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Petros Babasikas Founding Partner Drifting City
Robert Bader Interactive Director unit9
Arah Bahn Manager, Design Operations Internet Broadcasting
B.A. Bakken Design Director Venables Bell & Partners
Joya Balfour Senior Producer NBC.com
Woody Batts Designer
Robert Beck President Beck Interactive, Inc.
Jackie Bennion Senior Interactive Producer FRONTLINE/World
Durjoy Ace Bhattacharjya Founder and CEO Medicalrecords.com
Scott Bittle Executive Vice President Public Agenda
Hayden Black CEO Evil Global Corp.
Sarah Blecher Partner, Executive Web Producer Digital Pulp
Harry Boadwee CEO Market Annex / Travelosa
Marco Boender Owner Boender Communicatie
Drazen Bosnjak Composer/Sound Designer/Arranger
Justin Bovington CEO Rivers Run Red
Paula Brantner Executive Director Workplace Fairness
Debbie Brisson Creator The Museum of Kitschy Stitches
erin brooks smith interactive media mgr boost mobile
Mary Ann Brussat Co-Director Spirituality & Practice
Amy Bryant Senior Editor, New Media Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Neil Budde President DailyMe Inc.
Lee Bushkell Vice President and General Manager PGA TOUR New Media
Seamus Byrne Creative Director Graphic Mint
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Blake Calhoun Filmmaker Loud Pictures
Matt Calos SVP, Chief Product Officer Fox Sports
Mark Capalbo Online Producer HBO Sports
Simon Carless Global Brand Manager Think Services Game Group
Colin Carr Director CPR Works Limited
Kym Carranza New Media Producer Tuesday Creative/Virtue Entertainment
Lee Carter Founder and Editor-in-Chief Hintmag.com
Miguel Castaneda Creative Art Director SSNK
Christophor Cavalieri Assistant Professor Boston University College of C
Libero Cavinato Creative and Interface Designer
Joanna Champagne Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives National Gallery of Art, DC
Ming Chan CEO The1stMovement
Valerie Cheng Creative Director Arc Worldwide
Madhav Chinnappa Head of Development & Rights BBC News
Chi Chung Choi Interactive Design Director cccdi ltd.
Keng Fu Chu Founder Fu-design.com
Soo Chyun Creative Director Spark Networks, Inc.
Liz Citron Head of User Experience & Design, Journalism BBC
Ferran Clavell Head of Content CCRTV Interactiva
Ian Clazie Design Director and Head of Creative Team Razorfish Australia
Paul Clement Co-founder and Director Resident Advisor Ltd.
Ford Cochran Director, Mission Programs Online National Geographic
Paul Corrigan VP, Interactive Creative Director Barkley
Marco Corti partner, creative director and developer magicsocket s.r.l.
Jesse Cowell Filmmaker Jeskid Productions
Tara Crane Senior Designer Shift
Lisa Crawford Senior Producer VCU-TV/HD
Sachi Cunningham Video Journalist The Los Angeles Times
Dave Curry Group Creative Director POP
Wes Cutshall CEO 32nd Degree
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Craig Daily Vice President & Creative Director Platinum Creative at Full Sail University
Brad Dancer SVP National Geographic Channel
Missy Daniel Information Editor Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Loc Dao Producer
Shannon Darrough Website Designer The Museum of Modern Art
Rhys Davies Creative Director Detica
Phil Davies Copywriter Door Number 3
George DeMet Owner Palantir.net, Inc.
Jose Deniz Interactive Producer BBC
Frank DePino President mediaBOOM
Prasanna Devadiga Sr. Art Director G2 Direct & Digital
Matt Dew Co-founder Bounce Digital Ltd
Joseph DiNunzio President Fido Management, LLC
Dean DiSimone Executive Director Tender
Toby Dodds Webmaster Smithsonian Center Folklife & Cultural Heritage
Marc Doyle Senior Product Mangager, Co-Founder Metacritic.com
Brian Dunbar Internet Services Manager NASA
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Brian Eden Associate Creative Director Carton Donofrio Partners
Bea Egeto Producer B'z Shorts
Kai Eric Director of Development Brink Media
Chad Evans Director of Mobile Products Major League Baseball Advanced Media
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Robert Fagan Director of Production 42 Entertainment
Matt FaJohn Partner / Strategist Legwork Studio
Philip Fierlinger Head of Design Xero
simon fildes Director Producer Goat Media Ltd
Kevin Foong Artist
Brent Friedman President Electric Farm Entertainment
Nicole Frost Web Program Lead World Bank
Manuel Funk Managing Partner Fork
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Norma Gaffin Director, Content Monster.com
Jonathan Gala Designer jongala.com
Frank Gallagher Senior Director Cable in the Classroom
Juan Gallardo VP Director of Creative Services SuperNova inc
Stephen Gates Senior Creative Director Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Saskia Geesink Project Manager CCCP
Graham Gill Director, Interactive DNA Seattle
Christine Godfrey Creative Director Space Telescope Science Instit
Swen Goebbels Founder Carstuckgirls.com
Virginia Golden Associate Creative Director AKQA
NJ Goldston Founder & CEO The UXB
Fabio Gratton Chief Innovation Officer Ignite Health
Alastair Green Digital Executive Creative Director McCann Worldgroup in San Francisco
Matt Griffin Managing Director Deepend
James Griffin Director of Technology noise new york
Manuel Guerrero CEO Mantra
Jennifer Guibord Studio Director Second Story
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Juliane Hadem Associate Creative Director Tribal DDB
Jessica Hagy Creator Indexed
Tracey Halvorsen Principal and Creative Director Fastspot
Chris Hamilton Assistant Editor, Planning and Production BBC News website
Geoffrey Handley Co-Founder The Hyperfactory Group
Roman Hansler Founder, Head of PR, Editor aka-aki networks GmbH
Per Hansson Digital Director Farfar
Jason Harris President and Executive Producer Mekanism
Michael Harte COO CBA
Flo Heiss Creative Partner Dare
Nathan Heleine Co-founder, Chief Creative Officer Crush + Lovely
Jesus Henares Creative Director netthink
Steve Hernandez Sr Designer Nickelodeon
Gavin Heron National Creative Director Visual Jazz
Patrick Herridge Managing Director Parys Communications
Christopher Hertz CEO New Signature Creative
Troy Hitch Executive Creative Director Big Fat Brain
Steve Holmes Founder and Creative Director Energi Design
Jennifer Hung Visual Editor The New York Times Style Magazine
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Fabio Iaschi Art Director Torakiki
David Allen Ibsen CEO 5 Meetings Before Lunch
Suzanne Isaacs Digital Projects Coordinator National Archives and Records Administration
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Raquel Jacome Graphic Designer
Ravi Jain New Media Artist and Producer
Carl Fredrik Jannerfeldt Copywriter Farfar
Alexander Jenkins Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Anders Jessen Partner / Flash Designer Hello Monday
Erik Johansson Professor Stockholm University
Shelli Johnson Founder YellowstonePark.com
Christopher Jones Principal Stellar Debris
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Tony Kahn Senior Producer, Public Radio WGBH
Stratis Kakadelis HubbleSite Executive Web Producer Space Telescope Science Institute
Mari Katsunuma Vice President BRAVO Media
Ochen Kaylan Producer American RadioWorks
Allison Kent-Smith Senior Director, Community + Industry Boulder Digital Works at CU
Mark Keys Vice President, Web Production - Digital Media World Wrestling Entertainment
Elizabeth Kimak Communications, Technology and Web Consultant
Lou Kinard Creative Director Interactive Knowledge
Tristan Kincaid Assistant Creative Director Ogilvy
Melianthe Kines Director of Online Media IFC
Michael Klouda Director, Web Services Toll Brothers, Inc.
Justin Kniest Creative Director Booleanpark Interaction Agency
Mary Knox Executive Producer Curious Pictures
Christian Knutsson Director of Design Crispin Porter + Bogusky Europe
Stefan Kolle Partner Futurelab
Ben Kopke President Mixed Media Workshop
Andrew Krackov Assistant Vice President, Programs & Partnerships Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
Jeffrey Krause Partner Blacksquare
Jarrod Krisiloff Director of New Media & Consumer Strategies Indianapolis Motor Speedway, LLC
Drew Kristofik Managing Editor Nickelodeon
Jason Krogh founder & director zinc Roe design
Thomas Kurz Co-Founder, Chairman & CFO Themis Group Inc.
Sunhan Kwon Director IaM
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Giuseppe La Spada Creative Director TribalDDB
Kris Lane Web Producer Alt Group
Thomas Larsson Digital Creative Director TribalDDB Stockholm
Lisa Laubach VP, Product Management & Creative GameFly, Inc.
Erick Laubach Founder, Creative Entrepreneur Cottonblend
Jimmy Leach Editorial Director for Digital The Independent
Sang Jun Lee Director D.O.E.S
John Lenker Writer, Experience Designer, and Content Strategist
Ben Lerer Founder Thrillist
Gene Lewis Creative Director Digital Pulp, Inc.
Meredith Leyva Editor CinCHouse.com
Marc Lieberman Producer Onion News Network
Jim Lo Scalzo Photographer and Videographer US News & World Report
Noel Lyons Founding Partner KentLyons
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Paul Macgregor Creative Director Jam
Alexander Mahernia Chief Creative Officer LEVEL Studios
Laurel Malenke Creative Director Malenke|Barnhart
Miltos Manetas Artist ElectronicOrphanage
Tom Markham Digital Creative Director Lowe Worldwide
Layla Masri President Bean Creative Web & Interactive Design
Beth Mayall-Traglia Executive VP, Editor in Chief Total Beauty Media
Sam Mazur Associate Creative Director and Vice President SS+K
Mark McDermott Director codegent
Fish McGill Producer and Artist
Jake McGowan Managing Partner Rollling Orange
Glennis McGregor Head of Web Design Nature Publishing Group
David McIntyre Founder and Publisher ZOOZOOM.COM
Mac McKean VP, Digital AMC
Joseph McLaughlin Creative Director Microsoft
Sarah McLoughlin Creative Director and Co-founder Blenderbox
Scott McNulty ScottMcNulty.com
Gentry Menzel Producer WGBH Educational Foundation
Dave Mihalovic Associate Partner, Group Creative Director Rosetta
Andrew Miller Actor, Writer, Director
Eric Miller Founder Eric Miller Design, LLC
Steve Miller VP, Creative Director OneMethod Inc. Digital + Design
Darren Milligan Senior Media Designer Smithsonian Center for Education & Museum Studies
Semiramis de Miranda ICT manager GFDD
Grzegorz Mogilewski Creative director Max Weber
Darius Monsef Founder & CEO COLOURlovers
Selena Mooney Co-creator SuicideGirls
Ted Morgan Owner CabinWorks Media
Marie Moxom VP/Product Manager Scripps Networks Interactive
Paul Murphy Editor, FT Alphaville Financial Times
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Rupa Naipaul Communication Strategist Razorfish
Scott Nathanson National Field Organizer Union of Concerned Scientists
Jason Nelson Net Artist Secrettechnology.com
Katy Newton Video Journalist Los Angeles Times
Mark Nguyen Interactive Creative Director Level Studios
Jane Nisselson Director Virtual Beauty
Birch Norton Creative Director/Partner BEAM Interactive
Jack Norton Portal Manager The Coca-Cola Company
Erik Nygren Creative Great Works
O
Chez Ochoa Creative Director Appeal Media Interactive Studios
Julia Ogrydziak Principal Blacksquare LLC
Kola Ogundipe Creative Director Tango Communications
Travis Olson Creative Director mono
Amye Osti CEO DEEPBLU Studios/34 North
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Rick Palmer Owner Bloc Media, TGL Entertainment
Les Pappas Creative Director Better World Advertising
Ki Young Park Director, Producer Sugarcube
Will Payovich Creative Director Euro RSCG Chicago
Martin Percy Interactive Film Director MartinPercy.com
Robyn Peterson VP, Product and Technology NBC Universal
olivier Peyre Creative Director, Founder Kettle NYC
Jeff Piazza Principal and Creative Director Behavior
Lorena Pinon Creative Director Pinwheel
Michael Potts Vice President, Design Turner Sports
Ella Potyrala Interactive Designer Trapeze
Susan Poulton VP, Content Programming and Production National Geographic Media
Javier Prato Director myfilm.net
Kathryn Prusinski President S2N Media
Ulla Pulkka Copywriter DDB
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Omar Qazi Website Manager Columbia University
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Suja Raju Lead User Experience Designer MicroPlace
Brandon Ralph Executive Creative Director Code and Theory
Mark Rattin President and Executive Creative Director 15 letters
Robert Rauffer Chief Innovation Officer MGX LAB
Shannon Raybold Special Projects Director, New Media United Nations Foundation
Roger Rebetsky Creative Director Double R Brand
Fred Rees CEO Ocelot Productions Ltd
Peter Reichard Executive Technical Director Scholz & Volkmer GmbH
Joanne Reidy Chief Creative Director Clickthinking
Missy Reitner-Cameron Creative Director/Principal iii DESiGN
Darren Reynoldson creative EURORSCG 4D Amsterdam
Ted Rheingold CEO Dogster, Inc.
Ashley Ringrose Director Soap Creative
Chris Robb Chief Creative Officer Push.
Elicia Roberts Manager, Creative Services Information Experts
Struan Robertson Mr Pinsent Masons
Narendra Rocherolle CEO The Start Project
Lisa Rodwell VP Marketing & Sales MOO.COM
Will Rogers Creative Director EnlightenNext
Ken Rossi Lead designer, Advanced Media United States Tennis Association
Jennie Rothenberg Gritz Senior Editor TheAtlantic.com
Rob Rothfarb Director of Web Development Exploratorium
Elspeth Rountree Producer
Jessica Rovello President and co-founder Arkadium
Sandy Rowley Lead Art Director MEGA STAR MEDIA INC
Vincent Rump Strategy & Innovation Consultant Media Republic
Sara Rychtarik Manager of Operations Need Mac Help, Inc.
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Joe Sayaman Sr. Writer SS+K
Marco Scabia Technical Director unit9
Carsten Schneider Creative Director Less Rain GmbH
Elodie Schuller Customer Marketing - Advocacy ING DIRECT
Carol Schwalbe Associate Professor Arizona State University
William Schwalbe Found and CEO Cookstr
Matthew Schwartz President MSDS
Andrea Sertoli President SELECT ITALY
Michael Sha Co-founder and Co-CEO Wikinvest
Vivek Shah Group President, Digital Time Inc.
Bill Shribman Executive Producer WGBH
Amber Shriver Interactive Design Director Fastspot
Fadi Shuman Founder Pod1
Robert Simmon Data Visualizer and Designer NASA
Dean Skinner Associate Partner, Group Creative Director Rosetta
Kirk Skodis Principal & Creative Director Real Pie Media
Travis Smith Partner Hop Studios
Stephen Smorgon Director Seventy Two Digital
Chance Spann Director of Interactive/Digital
Paul Sparrow Deputy Director, VP Broadcasting Newseum
Ron Stanford Creative Director, Writer, Producer, Filmmaker Stanford Creative
Peter Stewart CEO Clickthinking
Adrian Stiegler Lead Flash Designer & Developer Trapeze Media Ltd.
Krishna Stott Director, Producer & Writer Bellyfeel
Avigdor Susana Web Designer and Developer
Sean Swint Executive Editor WebMD
Matthew Szymczyk CEO Zugara
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Eugene Tan Kinetic
Taj Tedrow El Comanche Ted Perez + Associates
Kat Tepelyan Sr. Web Producer Columbia University's Earth Institute
Bron Thomson Creative Director Springload
Remon Tijssen Experience Designer Fluid
Joel Tretin Group Creative Director, Sr. Partner Ogilvy One Advertising
Fernando Trevino Albert CMO IA Interactive
John Turner Owner BoyBurnsBarn
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Karianne Vermaas Editor in Chief frankwatching.com
Joy VR Design Team Lead indya.com
Tu Vu Director of Interactive, Writer Citizen
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Michael Wallen Vice President, Fox Mobile Studios Fox Mobile Group
JZ Wee Web Developer
Joshua Weinberg Writer, Director, Producer thewebsiteisdown.com
Gordon Weller Associate Creative Director/Writer Push.
Lorin Wertheimer Writer, Producer Hackelheimer Productions
Alice Wessen Manager, Education/Outreach, Solar System Science JPL
Alexander Westerman Creative Director Mattel
Tammy Wetterberg Partner cake-factory
Will Weyer Founding Partner | Chief Creative Officer Wiretree
Mathis Weymann Creative Director, Owner Populagrafik
Jonathan Williams Digital Media Consultant
Jocke Wissing Producer Great Works
Martin Wonnacott Founder cake-factory
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Dennis Yang VP, Products Floor64, Inc. (Techdirt)
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Benjamin Zipkin Director, Digital Strategy Cambridge Biomarketing
Alexander Zwart Copywriter, Filmmaker Black Magic Marker