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Arian Kaufman has remained an active member of the graphic design profession for over 25 years. After graduating with a B.S. degree in Graphic Design in New York, she found her way to Texas. Here she worked for ten years as a designer in the Promotion department at the Houston Chronicle. She continued overseeing and managing design and production of promotional materials, print, electronic media and trade shows for Fortune 500 corporations with Terry Productions, a Houston graphics corporation. She continues working with award winning designers as a team member in a Marketing Communications department at a major Houston corporation. She remains an active member of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and Houston Production Managers Association (HPMA). Both organizations actively promote, support and develop the skills of artists and graphic professionals throughout Houston.

Lee Rose has an extensive background in graphic art and electronic media. He has been employed as a medical illustrator and graphic designer by the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston Texas; as a medical illustrator and animator by AV Corporation/WBS Post Production and Baylor College of Medicine, both in Houston, Texas; and as a medical illustrator by the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. He has also been a medical illustration consultant for the Texas Heart Institute Journal.

Steven Sessions Owns a 26 year-old Design Firm providing Visual Design, Brand Strategy and Consulting Services to companies large and small in a wide variety of industries. Sessions has won nearly 200 medals and over 400 Awards in regional and national juried competitions for creativity including The American Advertising Federation, The New York Art Directors Club, CA Magazine, Print Magazine, How Magazine, Art Direction Magazine, Graphis Magazine, Studio Magazine, and others. His work has been featured in numerous reference books on design. Several pieces he has created have been nominated for inclusion in The Permanent Archives of the U.S. Library of Congress. His design work was chosen for Cultural Exchange Exhibit in Beijing China, sponsored by the Art Directors Club of N.Y. Articles about his work have been featured in nearly 60 design and business magazines and books in the U.S, Europe and Asia. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Art Institute of Houston and of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army. More info: www.SessionsGroup.com