Who are Our Alumni?
We are always impressed by the success of our BFA alumni, and would like to showcase just a few of them below.
Gerald Yarborough Gerald, is currently the Art Director of Soft Goods Product Design & Development at Nickelodeon. He has been with the Viacom Company since 2008 where he currently manages the design direction of all retail programs across Nickelodeon brands, Nick REWIND, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Paw Patrol. In 2007, he was awarded the Seal of Excellence in Creative Child Awards, for his work on the Nickelodeon Etch-A-Sketch products and packaging
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Monica Foronda, currently an Art Director for DIRECTV, graduated from St. John’s with two degrees in 1997: a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design and a Bachelors of Art in Psychology. Upon graduation, she landed her first position as a Senior Designer for NYSSCPA, then went on to work at Aspen Publishers where she focused on editorial and package design. In 2004, she was offered the Senior Design Supervisor position at Wolters Kluwer Agency, where she served until 2007, when she was recruited by McCann as their Art Director. Monica held the Art Director position at McCann until 2012, until she moved to MRM Worldwide, also as Art Director, and remained there until 2013, when she was appointed as Art Director to DIRECTV, the position she currently holds. In June 2015, she received the prestigious CLIO Sports Award for DIRECTV NFL Sunday Ticket Sports Illustrated Preview Issue and later in October 2015 was awarded the IHAF Silver Award in Advertising Print.
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This section is still under construction...please accept our apologies and feel free to proceed to the alumni webistes below.... If you are an alumni looking at this page and would like share your story or recent accomplishments with us, please contact us. We are looking to feature as many alumni as possible and also re-connect. |
