Class 11a – Print: one to three color
Class 11b – Print: four or more colors
Class 14 – Posters
Outstanding Professional Skill Award Judge for Graphic Design Category

Andrew Liccardo received his bachelor's degree from Loyola University of Chicago and his MFA from Texas Tech University. He is currently an assistant professor of design and photography at Northern Illinois University.

Recently, Liccardo has exhibited work in Illinois, Virginia, California, Maryland, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida, New York and Texas. He has work in the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and is a 2002 National Graduate Seminar Fellow of the Photography Institute at Columbia University.

Class 11c – Print: advertising
Class 12 – Illustration: single or series
Class 17 – Logos

Amy Warren is a full-time independent graphic designer and Web designer. Before opening Amy Warren Creative, she was a senior designer for Texas A&M University's engineering program. As a freelancer, she offers branding, Web design and development, print design, and e-mail marketing. Warren's work has received eight awards from the International Association of Business Communicators and five awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She is a graduate of Abilene Christian University with a bachelor's in news-editorial and a master's in digital media, both with honors.

Class 13 – Interactive multimedia and Web graphics
Class 15 – Exhibits
Class 16 – Cover

Rini Twait is the owner and creative director of Graphical Jazz, L.L.C. She holds a master's in graphic design from Iowa State University and has over 15 years of experience as a graphic designer, including 3 years as art director at St. Mary's Press. She has taught at Iowa State University, Saint Mary's University/Minnesota and University of Northern Colorado, and has designed or art directed more than 250 books.

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