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The 2022 CADC Service Award honors the legacy of Edvin Yegir. As a design professor, Edvin’s longstanding commitment to design excellence and dedication to bridging the gap between Connecticut’s professional and academic worlds – made him one of CADC’s most prominent advocates.

Karl is the Founder and Solutionist at creativeplacement® — a cultivated, curated, hard-to-find talent consultancy for the entire design industry with a focus on packaging, print, interactive, experiential and multimedia professionals. His firm […]

Jonathan is an Eagle Scout and graduated from UConn in 2002 with a bachelors degree in fine arts and a minor in art history. From there he spent a few […]

The driving principle behind Jim’s life has always been the appreciation and creation of beauty. As a child he was transfixed by the colorful patterns in nature and by the […]

Don Carter is a creative director, designer and illustrator. A graduate of Paier College of Art in Hamden, Don has over thirty years of experience designing and art directing for Connecticut ad agencies. For the past sixteen years, he has been a creative director with Adams & Knight in Avon. […]

This long overdue honor is presented to Mark for his long standing commitment and dedication to CADC and the entire creative community. […]

Deb is a strategic brand builder, designer, and educator. Known for connecting design with purpose and intent, Deb’s work consistently provides a distinctive competitive advantage for her clients. […]

Alexander Isley is a graphic designer and educator. He holds a degree in Environmental Design from the NC State University College of Design and a BFA from The Cooper Union. […]

We are delighted to honor Roxanne Bailey with our first ever Service Award. Roxanne served as President from 1983 – 1984 and has since graced our board with invaluable knowledge, great ideas, and a great sense of humor. […]

Nathan Garland is an artist, a filmmaker and a graphic designer who was born and raised in Chicago. He earned a BFA at Washington University in St. Louis, studied in Amsterdam on a Fulbright Scholarship and attended Yale for an MFA. […]