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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
MARK ANDREASSON

WILLIAM DICKSON

PABLO GUERRERO

JILL AYERS

BILL DUNDAS

HAYES HOLZHAUER

VINCE CAHILL,

JOE GIBSON

is the president and founder of
Design Communications Ltd.
(Boston), which engineers,
manufactures and installs
signage and architectural
elements. For more than 30 years,
he's managed many notable
worldwide projects.

is the founder and creative
director of Airspace (Brooklyn,
NY), a design firm specializing
in environmental graphic
design, branding, identity and
wayfinding. She previously
worked at Two Twelve Associates, Gensler Studio 585
and Design360 before starting
her own firm.

with more than 32 years in the
print-technology field, is the
president of VCE Solutions
(Waynesboro, PA), a consultancy
that provides technical and
marketing consulting and planning
services for digital printing, analog
printing, digital manufacturing
OEMs and user companies.

is the director of new business at
Fisher Design (Cincinnati), and has
29 years of experience leading
highly skilled brand development
teams for top-of-mind brands
across diverse disciplines to create
unique, engaging and own-able
brand solutions.

is a 40-year veteran of the
electric-sign industry, having
worked as a sign installation
contractor, sign company
general manager, trade journalist and executive for a both a
national sign association and
industry foundation.

is the owner of Ramsay Signs
(Portland, OR), which has been
in operation since 1911 and
creates custom signage via
design, fabrication, maintenance
and engineering services.

is owner and chief designer of
Amigo Arts (Monroe, WA), which
pushes the traditional boundaries
of sign design, branding and
fabrication by creating uniquely
branded environments, and
uses social media to share
non-traditional video techniques
and topics.

is executive vice president of
operations for bluemedia
(Tempe, AZ), a national signage
company that specializes in
décor, custom fabrication and
experiential activations, and works
alongside designers, architects
and brands to bring their visions
to life from concept to execution.

ALEX PERRY

is the CEO of Chicago-based Right
Way Signs, a full-service signage
provider. In 2017, he received the
Distinguished Service Award from
the Illinois Sign Association.

ELAINE SCRIMA

is the vice president of operations for GSP Companies
(Clearwater, FL), a retail services
provider that offers graphics,
marketing, design services, visual
merchandising and store site
data measurement, among other
amenities.

ON THE COVER

JOHN YARGER,

the third-generation owner of
North American Signs (South
Bend, IN), is a past chairperson
of the Sign Research Foundation
and a board officer of the
International Sign Association.

TERESA M. YOUNG,

RELEASE THE KRAKEN P.33
Timber Signs (Ofterschwang, Bavaria, Germany) grabbed "Best of Show" in the
2020 Signshop Competition with their project "Krazy Kraken."

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president/CEO of Sign Biz Inc.
(Dana Point, CA), founded the
schoolofsignarts.com and
ecosignage.org websites. She
is a trustee of the American Sign
Museum, past chairperson of ISA
and a member of the Board of
Directors of the California Sign
Association.

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