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Meet the Team
President, Investment/Marketing Committee
Eric Strauss, Ph.D., JD, AICP
Emeritus Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University. Contact Eric: strausse@msu.edu
Vice President, Emerging Fellows Chair
Steve Kopp, Ph.D.
Treasurer, Emerging Fellows Commitee
Ellen Babcock
Associate Professor, Department of Art, University of New Mexico, Founding Director, Friends of the Orphan Signs
Secretary, Emerging Fellows Committee
Mathew S. Isaac, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing in the Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University
Immediate Past President of Board, IJSW - Chair
Charles R. Taylor, Ph.D.
John A. Murphy Professor of Marketing
Villanova School of Business
Legal Counsel, Investment Committee
Robert W. Oast, Jr.
Attorney with McGuire, Wood & Bissette Law Firm, Adjunct Professor, the Ohio State University
Executive Director, Marketing Comittee
Marihelen Millar
Marihelen holds a B.S. in Organizational Leadership, an M.S. in Marketing, and an MBA, all from the University of Cincinnati.
Investment Committee, Chair, IJSW Committee
Christopher Auffrey, Ph.D.
Professor of Planning School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
Education and Outreach Committee, Chair
Dawn Jourdan, esq., Ph.D., AICP
Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation University of Maryland
Investment Committee
Alan C. Weinstein
Professor Emeritus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Investment Committee
Bryce C. Lowery
Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning, University of Oklahoma
Emerging Fellows Committee
Dydia DeLyser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Department of Geography & the Environment California State University, Fullerton
ISJW Committee
Vikas Mehta, Ph.D.
Fruth/Gemini Chair and Ohio Eminent Scholar of Urban/Environmental Design and Professor of Urbanism
ISJW Committee
John D. Bullough, Ph.D., FIES
Program Director, Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Albany, NY
ISJW Committee
James J. Kellaris, Ph.D.
James S. Womack/Gemini Corporation Professor of Signage and Visual Marketing at the University of Cincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College of Business
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Education and Outreach Committee
Adam M. Pike, P.E.
Associate Research Engineer and Manager of the Signs and Markings Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Education and Outreach Committee
Patricia (Pat) Crawford, Ph.D.
Director, School of Design, College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
South Dakota State University
Education and Outreach Committee
Aparna Sundar, Ph.D.
Senior User Researcher, QuickSight, Amazon Web Services
Marketing & Development Committee
Craig Berger
Liaison for Development and Curricular Support for Communication Design Pathways at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Marketing & Development Committee
Jeremy Johnson
Global Business Development Manager, On Premise, Out of Home, and High School Parks and Recreation, Daktronics
Marketing & Development Committee
Emily Auvil, MBA, MS Marketing
Lead Strategic Media Planner, Home Care
Procter & Gamble
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