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Mary Scott
Executive Director of Graphic Design
For over 25 years, Mary Scott was Vice-President and Director of Creative Operations for
Maddocks & Company, a multi-disciplinary firm involved in all phases of communication design.
The firm's clients range from Procter & Gamble, Microsoft Web TV, Disney, Platinum Equities,
Warner Bros, Columbia TriStar Pictures, Cheseborough-Ponds, Fredericks of Hollywood, Avon, The
Limited and Sony.
Mary taught at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for more than ten years and at
Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles. During her years at Art Center, she was twice
honored with the Center's "Great Teacher Award." After five years at the Academy of Art College
(now the Academy of Art University), Mary has been mentioned in
2004 Who's Who Among America's Teachers, an honor she feels is deeply rewarding.
In September of 1999, Mary was named Chair of Graphic Design at the Academy of Art, serving
as a department chair and as an instructor. Her mission is to continue developing a curriculum that
truly serves the needs of the design student in a rapidly evolving, dynamic profession. In 2000,
she assumed the role of Chair of Graphic Design for both the graduate and undergraduate schools.
Since 1998, Mary has served on the National Board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts
(AIGA) and is a former Los Angeles Chapter President. At the 1999 AIGA Biennial Conference in Las
Vegas, Mary was a speaker at the Student Sessions. Mary was a judge for the 2000 AIGA Enrichment
Scholarship and for the AIGA Annual Student Portfolio Days from 2000 through 2004. In 2001, Mary
was one of the three judges in the Minneapolis Chapter of the AIGA's Annual Design Show and in
March she went to New York to be one of the judges for the 2001 Clio Awards. She has served as
Development Chair on the AIGA San Francisco board since 2001.
Mary studied Fine Arts and Foreign Languages at Mt. St. Mary's College in Los Angeles and
Environmental Design at the University of California at Los Angeles. She's an avid gardener and a
grandmother. She has two grown children, Tara and Tom. One's a doctor, the other an airline pilot —
health and trips all taken care of, thank you!
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Anitra Nottingham
Online Director of Graphic Design
Anitra is a 1992 graduate of Monash University’s Design School, with a major in computer
animation. She started her career in advertising and package design, and in 1996 started to
specialize in book design.
Anitra has worked for Oxford University Press Australasia, and Penguin Books Australia. Her
book design work has ranged across the publishing spectrum from trade to academic work. She has
designed titles for dictionaries and reference, adult fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books.
She was short listed for the Australian Book Industry Award in 1998.
After moving to the Bay Area in 1999, Anitra took a position as Creative Director for London
Road Design, which was at the time a small design firm specializing in print and online marketing
communications for the technology, health and entertainment sectors. After the company disbanded in
2002, Anitra started a freelance design consultancy, and at the same time began teaching design at
California State University.
In 2004 she joined Intuit Inc, maker of financial software solutions that include TurboTax,
QuickBooks and Quicken. First as a senior member of the in-house design team, then taking the
position as Design Director for the Creative Services Team. In this position Anitra was responsible
for packaging, corporate communications and marketing solutions company-wide.
Anitra became Online Director for the Graphic Design School at AAU in San Francisco in 2006,
and continues to hold the position while now working remotely from Australia.
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Hunter Wimmer
Associate Director of Graphic Design
Hunter Wimmer has more than a decade of experience in translating strategic business
objectives into innovative, relevant visual solutions. As Marketing Design Director for the
influential firm IDEO, he broadened his scope of traditional Graphic Design, bringing a unique
perspective on user-centered research and multi-disciplinary collaboration into the overall
process. Through his work with Gap Inc. and as Design Director on Banana Republic's Marketing team,
he discovered new doorways into the understanding and crafting of brands and consumer messaging --
which he is able to leverage in both his work and in his teaching. Prior to joining the Academy of
Art University, Hunter spent several years helping to build the Graphic Design program at the
University of California Berkeley Extension. His work has been featured in numerous books and
publications such as Print, How, Critique and Wallpaper magazines. He holds a degree in
Communication Arts and Design from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Thomas McNulty
Associate Director of Graphic Design
Mr. McNulty has served as a brand and package design consultant for over 25 years in United
States and in Europe. Thomas has taught at the Academy of Art University since 1991 and graduated
from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. During his career, he has worked with
renownd designer Robert Miles Runyan, Enterprise IG, CFNAPA, Neworld Associates, Dublin, Ireland,
and was co-founder and vice president of Profile Design, San Francisco for 10 years.
Thomas has successfully managed and directed many multi-national brand and packaging programs
for Anheuser Busch, Apple, Raychem, Oracle, Charles Krug Winery, Anomaly Vineyards,
Lynch Vineyards, Coca-Cola (Ireland), Mrs. Fields, Mileeven Fine Foods, Ireland, Otis
Spunkmeyer, and Safeway Stores, winning numerous awards and recognition for design excellence.
Publications include: American Corporate Identity, Communication Arts, Graphis, Graphic
Design U.S.A., International Packaging, Print Magazine, CMYK, and Graphic Design Business
Association, Europe. His company, Profile Design, was featured as a leading graphic design agency
in the San Francisco Graphic Design Showcase publication.
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