Chairman

Alex White
Alex W. 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. More

President

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. More

Vice President

Diego Vainesman
Diego Vainesman

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. More

Secretary-Treasurer

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. More

Directors At Large

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. More

Matteo Bologna

Matteo Bologna is the founder and President of New York-based Mucca Design Corporation, where he also serves as Creative Director. Born and raised in Milan, Italy, Matteo's grounding in architecture, graphic design, illustration and typography facilitated his early business successes and inspired his decision to create a New York agency. More

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. More

Rosanne Guararra

Rosanne Guararra is currently the Creative Director/VP at Triumph Learning, an educational publishing house in New York City. Previously, she was the art director at Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan, the mass market imprints of Penguin Young Readers Group where she responsible for upwards of 300 book covers per year. She has also been art director at Golden Books, Simon and Schuster Children's Trade and Education Division, and Highlights for Children. More

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. More

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. More

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. More

Executive Director

Executive Director
Carol Wahler

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. More

International Liaisons

  • France
    Christopher Dubber

  • Germany
    Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs

  • London
    Dave Farey

  • Mexico
    Felix Beltran

  • South America
    Diego Vainesman

  • Switzerland
    Eric Alb

  • Vietnam
    Richard Moore

  • Japan
    Zempaku Sukuzi, Japan Typography Association

Former Directors