Alex W. White
Alex White

Alex W. White, managing Partner of The Alexander W. White Consultancy, works with advertising and editorial art directors as well as with editors and advertisers to guide them to an understanding of how design affects their targets’ needs.

Chairman
Charles Nix
Charles Nix

Charles Nix has been a member of the TDC since 1999. He has served on the Board since 2001, and has been Secretary-Treasurer since 2004. He chaired the 2005 TDC 51 competition, and the 2004 TDC2 type design competition.

President
Diego Vainesman
Charles Nix

With more than 20 years of design experience, argentinian born Diego Vainesman started his own desing firm, 40N47 Design, to provide clients with all sorts of design ranging from promotional cards to large environmental graphics identities.

Vice President
Graham Clifford
Graham Clifford

Graham Clifford is a second-generation typographic designer. He was trained by his father before working for some of London’s best advertising agencies CDP and GGT. He moved to New York in 1989 and plied his craft at Chiat/Day and Ogilvy.

Secretary-Treasurer
Marc Blaustein

Marc Blaustein was raised by artist/designer parents in Manhattan and has been living in Brooklyn for the past 14 years. His formal training took place at The Cooper Union School of Art, with a stint at Parsons School of Design, followed by post-graduate work at Middlesex University in London.

Director
Scott Citron

Scott Citron is an award-winning graphic designer and publishing consultant based in New York City. A designer of fine books, logos, and websites, his clients include Adobe Systems, Random House, HarperCollins Publishers, Walker & Company, the InDesign and Creative Suite Conferences, InDesign Magazine, American Jewish University, and Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers.

Director
Sean King

Sean King is currently Design Director of Corporate Communications at Landor Associates, where he oversees a variety of print and digital communications. A self-proclaimed design nerd, he is passionate about both the history and the future of typography and lettering.

Director
Brian D. Miller

Brian Miller, principal of The Brian Miller Design Group, recently founded the MillerWhite School of Design with TDC chairman Alex W. White. The school offers educational programs for students interested in graphic design and for professionals who want to hone their skills.

Director
Ina Saltz

Ina Saltz is an art director, author and professor (of Electronic Design and
Multimedia at The City College of New York) whose areas of expertise are
typography and magazine design. For over 22 years, Ina was an editorial
design director at Time (International Editions), Worth, Golf Magazine and
others.

Director
Jakob Trollbäck

A self-taught designer from Sweden, Jakob Trollbäck leads an innovative and highly successful company, creates seminal and award-winning designs, and is an acknowledged industry leader in branding and motion graphic design.

Director
Anne Twomey

Anne Twomey is presently a VP/Creative Director of Cover Art for the newly formed Hachette Book Group USA, formerly Time Warner Book Group, where she oversees the cover designs of over 300 books a year.

Director
Carol Wahler
Executive Director

Carol Wahler is celebrating her twenty-fourth year with the Type Directors Club. Ms. Wahler has a type background from working in her families’ businesses that spans starting with the period of ludlow typesetting in the 50’s through today – the digital world.

Executive Director
  • England
    John Bateson Bateson Studio
    5 Astrop Mews
    London W6 7HR

  • France
    Bastien Hermand
    Ecole de Communication Visuelle
    1, rue du Dahomey
    75011 PARIS

  • Germany
    Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs
    Robert Koch Strasse 8
    Postfach 42 07 28
    55129 Mainz Hechtsheim

  • Japan
    Zempaku Suzuki
    Japan Typography Association
    Sanukin Bldg. 5 Fl.
    1-7-10 Nihonbashi-honcho
    Chuo-ku, Toyko 104-0041

  • Mexico
    Prof. Felix Beltran
    Apartado de Correos
    M 10733 Mexico 06000

  • South America
    Diego Vainesman
    181 East 93 Street, Apt. 4E
    New York, NY 10128

  • Spain
    Christian Girbets
    Bau, Escola Superior de Disseny
    Pujades 118
    08005 Barcelona

  • Vietnam
    Richard Moore
    21 Bond Street
    New York, NY 10012

International Liaisons
Former Directors