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Reece Quiñones

Reece Quiñones

Senior Vice President, Creative Director, and Professor

Executive Vice President, Sr. Creative Director at Hatcher and Professor at GMU

Reece is an award-winning creative director who brings a deep understanding of integrated campaigns across all channels and expertly applies the creative process from conception to completion. With more than 25 years of experience managing and delivering solutions ranging from product development, publishing, web/user experience, marketing communications, multimedia, and production, Reece has the ability to work with diverse business teams and help them articulate their messages to their audiences, then translate that information into compelling creative. Reece previously worked at ASCD for more than 15 years, creating and marketing programs, courses, conferences, products, and services that support educators worldwide. At Hatcher, Reece has led the creative output for OSI-Baltimore, the College of Southern Maryland, Aspen Institute, Baltimore City Community College, Maryland 529, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She earned a bachelor’s degree in Art from the University of Maryland, an M.F.A. in Integrated Design from the University of Baltimore, and an MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus. Reece is also an adjunct professor of design at George Mason University, where she has taught Design Theory and Methods, Infographic Design, Motion Graphics, and UX Design undergraduate and graduate courses for over 15 years. Reece has a passion for mentoring and is a long-standing member of the AIGA Design Continuum Fund, a merit-based scholarship developed for minority and economically disadvantaged students studying art and design in colleges and universities in the Washington, D.C. region. Reece lives in Silver Spring, Md., and on weekends, you will find her volunteering, learning something new, or getting lost in a good book.

Dr. Perry Sweeper

Dr. Perry Sweeper

Professor, Morehouse College | Design Technologist

Dr. Perry Sweeper is a design technologist, educator, and researcher. His experience includes work on design, branding, and art-based marketing projects for The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Vitamin Water, Heineken, and Nike. He is an alumnus of Morgan State University and completed his graduate work at the University of Baltimore. His dissertation research explored utilizing human-centered principles and methods to design dashboards for techno-spiritual information.

Dr. Sweeper serves as a Professor of Practice at Morehouse College where he teaches human computer interaction along with developing curriculum for data visualization and human robot interaction.

Jenna Zelkowski

Jenna Zelkowski

Senior Designer, Design B&B

Jenna Zelkowski is a former east coast graphic designer now based in Chicago. A long-time fan of Flux Student Design Competition, she was involved in the early years of Flux, way back when it was a wee competition in the Shepherd University Mac lab. She served on the AIGA Blue Ridge board and has fond memories of a strong design community and the inspiring events that blossomed.

Since earning her BFA from Shepherd in 2011, Jenna has worked with RidgeRunner Publishing, Graphcom Creative, and at the (bygone) Baltimore outpost of Design B&B. In January 2020, Jenna and a few other designers relocated to Chicago so that the entire Design B&B team could be under one roof.

Approaching design with an insatiable curiosity and a healthy dose of empathy, Jenna never shies away from rolling up her sleeves and getting her hands dirty. These days she can mostly be found crafting all things identity and packaging, and is always looking forward to the next food-focused photoshoot.

Past Flux Judges

Flux winners are selected by a national panel of distinguished creatives. Our past judges have included:

Ashleigh Axios
Creative Director and Digital Strategist at the White House
Served in 2015
Niki Blaker
Served in 2016
Ron Bronson
Designer and Urban Theorist Faculty member, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Served in 2025
Antionette Carroll
Founder and executive director of Creative Reaction Lab
Served in 2015
Joseph Carter-Brown
President Emeritus/Design Week Committee Chair - AIGA Baltimore
Served in 2019
Jacob DeGeal
Designer. Transportation Geek. Assistant Professor, The University of Baltimore
Served in 2025
Emily Dorr
Owner | Creative Director - Postern
Served in 2019
Jeffrey Everett
Jeffrey Everett
Served in 2017
Scott Gericke
Assistant Professor, Department of Design, Loyola University New Orleans & Creative Director, The Collective
Served in 2025
Lisa Gorham
Strategic & Creative. Branding & Design.
Served in 2020
Oen Hammonds
Served in 2016
Jenny Hoffman
Principal/Creative Director
Served in 2022
Rich Hollant
Principal, lead strategist and design director at Hartford’s CO:LAB
Served in 2015
Brockett Horne
Writer, Designer, and Educator
Served in 2024
Sue Hough
Queen Bee, Octavo Designs
Served in 2018
Timothy J. Hykes
Timothy J. Hykes
Served in 2017
Vinicius Lima
Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Foundations at Grand Valley State University
Served in 2024
Natacha Poggio
Social Impact Design Educator
Served in 2021
Alberto Rigau
Graphic Design Instructor, Co-Chair for AIGA’s Design Educators Community
Served in 2022
Amy Robinson
Founder | Designer - Fox Creative
Served in 2019
Kaleena Sales
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Tennessee State University
Served in 2024
Silvia Script
Lead User Experience and Interface Designer
Served in 2021
Brandi Sea Heft-Kniffin
Design Strategist & Creative Coach
Served in 2020
Brian Singer
Served in 2016
Christine Taylor
Executive Creative Leader, Los Angeles, CA
Served in 2025
Christine Taylor
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
Served in 2018
Reggie Tidwell
Founder of CURVE THEORY
Served in 2020
Russell Toynes
Creative Director, Studio Dzo
Served in 2018
Melanie Uribe
Creative Director and Educator
Served in 2021
Ann Willoughby
Ann Willoughby
Served in 2017
Liese Zahabi
Assistant Professor of Design at the University of New Hampshire / Graphic Designer
Served in 2022