Advisory Committee
Tim Au-Yeung
President, GTA Chapt., The Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario
Interior Designer, Kasian
Tim Au-Yeung, ARIDO, IDC, has been practicing interior design since graduating from Ryerson University in 1998. Over the span of time, he has worked on projects in the corporate, residential, hospitality, retail, exhibit and television set design fields. Tim is now heavily involved with ARIDO and has sat on various committees and councils, while also mentoring students and recent graduates. In recent years, Tim’s design experience emphasis has been in the office, hospitality and government sectors, leading and participating in successful environments.
Lionel Gadoury
President, The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario
Founder and Creative Director, Context Creative
Lionel Gadoury R.G.D. is president of The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario and founder and Creative Director of Context Creative.
He was active in writing the proposal for the EnAbling Change Program and is grateful to be a part of RGD Ontario’s efforts to advance and formalize best practices for the graphic design profession.
At Context Creative, Lionel strives to bridge the gap between traditional integrated communications campaign practices and the new social media realm. On behalf of its clients, Context is “seeding communities of interest and providing tools and opportunities that increase levels of interaction, range of conversations and amount of content sharing for the benefit of all stakeholders.”
Arlene Gould
Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Design, York University
Strategic Director, The Design Industry Advisory Committee
Arlene Gould R.G.D. is Coordinator of the Design Management Certificate Program at Ryerson University. She has served as Senior Director of Programming for the Design Exchange. She is also the Strategic Director for Ontario’s Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC). Arlene has worked in design/business strategy consulting for international multidisciplinary design firms including Pentagram and the Conran Design Group in the United Kingdom, and The Watt Group in Canada. She is executive board member of Sustainable Buildings Canada and a Fellow of the R.S.A.
Naveesha Maharaj
Accessibility Consultant, CNIB
As an accessibility consultant, Naveesha Maharaj provides accessibility reviews and audits, promotes accessibility awareness and services to organizations within Ontario and provides accessibility information ensuring compliance with the current WCAG, W3C and AODA standards.
Since 1999, she has worked in the pharmaceutical, financial and corporate retail industries as a technical team lead, merchandise business associate and e-business specialist.
Mark McAllister
Freelance Graphic Designer
Mark McAllister, Prov. R.G.D., has been a junior designer, freelancer, director, chairman, and Federal candidate for public office. He has been on a two-year hiatus from design while working on an Honours degree in Communication Studies.
Mark has sat on the RGD Ontario board of directors from October 2006 – 2008; chaired the Provisional Committee from October 2006 – 2008. He is currently a member of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, RGD Canada Committee, and Technology Committee. He also serves as President of the Sudbury working group responsible for organizing LateralThinkers, RGD Ontario’s second largest conference.
Wayne McCutcheon
Principal and Founding Partner, Entro Communications
Wayne McCutcheon M.E.T., R.G.D., is a principal and one of the founding partners of Entro Communications.
Wayne has been instrumental in the successful planning, design and implementation of many large-scale wayfinding programs over the past 19 years. He has lectured extensively throughout North America on signage and wayfinding.
He is also a board member and past president of RGD Ontario and is currently serving a three-year term on the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) board of directors.
Colin O’Brien
Senior Graphic Designer, Hunter Amenities
Colin O’Brien R.G.D. is passionate about design, photography, painting and has been for over 10 years. He currently works as senior graphic designer for Hunter Amenities developing packaging brands for major retailers. Some of his credits include Fairmont Hotels, Starwood Hotels, Shoppers Drug Mart, Target, Costco, Bliss, Pharmacopia and more. He studied graphic design at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design. Colin spends his free time pursuing photography, typography and collecting different packaging designs from around the world!
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Hilary Ashworth
Project Supervisor, The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario
Nancy Calabro
Program Advisor, Public Education and Partnerships Unit, Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
Anne Collinson
Co-lead Program Advisor, Public Education and Partnerships Unit, Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
Jim Dixon
Senior Program Advisor, Public Education and Partnerships Unit, Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
Christina Mastruzzo
Accessibility Project Coordinator, The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario
