Alt Design Summit

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Bridgette Meinhold, Ette Studios

Bridgette Meinhold is freelance writer and artist based in Park City, UT, living in a small A-frame cabin in an aspen grove with her husband and dog. She has a Master’s degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford and is an online contributor for Ecouterre.com as well as the Architecture Editor for Inhabitat.com. Bridgette also maintains her own blog devoted to sustainable DIY and art.

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Christine Castro Hughes, Darling Design

Christine Castro Hughes is the designer and writer of Darling Design. She has chronicled her life online for over 10 years, first on Webby-nominated maganda.org and most recently on her well-received blog,  Brunch. Christine’'s work has been featured around the globe in galleries, magazines, blogs, and even textbooks. She works and plays in Los Angeles with her husband, Rama, and their 1-year-old son, Henry.

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Emily Goligoski, Federated Media

Emily works in marketing communications at online publishing company Federated Media and hosts a video interview series with female entrepreneurs to encourage more women to start high growth tech companies through Women 2.0. Her work has been published on The Huffington Post, Mashable, GigaOm, and Josh Spear among other outlets. She advises the International Museum of Women's digital strategy and teaches Vinyasa yoga at San Francisco juvenile hall.

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Summer Allen, Design is Mine

Summer Allen runs the blog Design is Mine, where she shares beautifully designed photographs, homes, art, and objects that bring her daily inspiration. She has been blogging since she was a teenager,
and her current blog was named as one of the top design blogs in the world by The Times. She is a mother, baker, and photobooth enthusiast who is always on the search for all things lovely.

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Laurie Smithwick, Leap Design

Laurie is a co-founder of Kirtsy who blogs at UpsideUp, and runs LEAP, an award-winning, can-do graphic and web design studio in Charlotte, NC. She worked for many years as an Art Director in the music industry in NYC, and was nominated for a Grammy for CD package design. When she's working, she can be found laughing with her redhead husband and 8-yr-old twins.

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Tammy J. Weadock, Wilsonart

Tammy has spent her entire career with Wilsonart International. Over the past several years, she has worked in tandem with the Director of Sustainability to articulate Wilsonart’s leadership in this arena, including the company’s Scientific Systems (SCS) Certifications for recycled content and FSC accolades. Continuing her focus on sustainability, she provides the vital link between the company’s internal programs and its customers.



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Erica Reitman, Design Blahg

Erica Reitman is the founder and editor of the snarky design blog Design Blahg. She is committed to the idea that design CAN be funny. She has written for the NY Observer, the NY Press, MTV, and has spoken extensively and taught courses on her approach to "blogging hard." By day, she is a Marketing Director at Squarespace, because everyone knows you can't really make any money blogging (KIDDING!) (KINDA!).

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Lisa Warninger, Urban Weeds



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Megan Reardon, Not Martha

Megan Reardon is a blogger and maker of delightful, sometimes odd, things. She's written for the Readymade blog and been a guest blogger for Design*Sponge, Etsy and Outblush. Her projects have been mentioned in Daily Candy, Dwell, Boing Boing, Craftzine, Apartment Therapy, and Real Simple, Craft magazine. She lives in Seattle, has an unironic love of poofy dresses, and cannot keep house plants alive.

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Susan Brinson, House of Brinson

Susan is a senior art director and designer in NYC for 11 years and is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. She also designs custom stationery under the name Studio Brinson. Susan partnered with her husband, photographer William Brinson, to curate House of Brinson. Their blog is about their creative partnership and sharing their everyday life.


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Amber Roussel, Ah-Ha! Creative

Amber Roussel is a creative consultant currently living in Houston, Texas. She's the co-founder of Ah-Ha! Creative which serves clients in the areas of technology, travel, arts, nonprofit and hospitality. Recent projects include collaboration with HP + Intel's Facebook community called 24|7 Creative; and participation in the Ford Fiesta Movement Chapter 2.  Amber is a freelance photographer, lover of the arts, wine enthusiast and world traveler. 

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Rachael Herrscher, Todays Mama

Rachael Herrscher is CEO and co-founder of TodaysMama, an online media and publishing company founded in 2004. In her role as CEO, Rachael oversees general business operations, social media, new market development, partnerships, and marketing initiatives. She is a featured blogger on Entrepreneur.com, and is a regular speaker at new media, women in business and mom conferences.