Board of Directors

Andrew R. Brenits,  President
Director, Content and Online

Andy established and currently directs the National Design, Proposal and Production Services (NDPPS) group in the Montvale N.J. offices of KPMG, one of the “Big Four” global accounting firms. His team of creative professionals design and produce many of the firm’s internal and external marketing and communications collateral designs.

Andy’s career began working for small studios in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, before moving to in-house positions at Banana Republic, Gap, and the National Football League. He managed his own successful design consultancy for 10 years before returning to the ranks of in-house creatives.

In addition to his BFA in Graphic Design from the School of Visual Arts, Andy holds a Masters Degree in Design Management from Pratt Institute where he also teaches the subject in the graduate Communications Design program at Pratt Institute.

Kevin Kearns, Vice President
Director, Marketing

Kevin is Creative Director for Duke University Health System located in Durham, North Carolina. Supported by a 27-person team of designers, writers and web developers, he directs the creation and maintenance of the brand identity for Duke Medicine, a health system made up of over 28,000 employees, three hospitals, hundreds of offices and clinics throughout the state as well as partnerships in Singapore and Dubai. His group develops integrated campaigns using the web, print, television, and direct mail, for a variety of clients within the health system.

He moved South after working at DDB Chicago for over 13 years, creating award-winning campaigns for Budweiser, Bud Light, McDonald’s, Discover Card, and Tyson Foods. In 2000, he was awarded a Lion at the International Cannes Advertising Festival for his work on Budweiser.  His Bud Light work has aired on the Super Bowl and was named ‘one of the all-time greatest Super Bowl ads of the decade’ by CBS.

Kevin earned his B.F.A. from Miami University in Ohio and his master’s degree in Advertising Design from Syracuse University. He currently is a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill teaching art direction and integrated campaign development.

Robin N. Colangelo
Director, Partnerships

Robin leads a global in-house creative team for White & Case, where she manages the global brand and oversees print and web design produced in the firm’s New York City and Manila offices.

In her current role, Robin has been managing an award winning team of designers, production specialists and proofreaders for the past 6 years.  Her team of creative professionals design and produce the firm’s global marketing collateral, branding, identity, annual reports and event materials.

Cindy Salant
Director, Events and Programming

Cindy is the New York Metro Region Business Development Manager for Mohawk Fine Papers, where she spends most of her time consulting with design firms, ad agencies, print production managers, corporate end users and printers on all aspects of paper selection and procurement. Her vast knowledge and experience in the printing process has positioned her as a “go to” person for expert advice on paper and production as it relates to paper choices.

Kim Kiser
Editor, InSource Opinion Poll

Kim is Vice President, Global Creative Director for Morgan Stanley, where she manages the brand and oversees print, Web and animation design produced in the firm’s New York, London and Tokyo studios. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Kim worked on the agency side as an art director for the arts, biotech, finance and publishing industries. With a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, Kim started her career as a copywriter, writing television, radio and print ads. She earned a Master’s degree in Communications Design from Pratt Institute, where she has been teaching in the Graduate Communications Design department since 2004.

Luis Cabral
Webmaster, and Online Technology Strategy

Luis Cabral is currently a freelance web-developer based in New York City.  He is currently completing a certification course in Web Development at The NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies.  Prior to this, Luis had 15+ years at IBM as a client technical professional.  In this role he was responsible for working with customers to help define their business requirements and propose software solutions to address those needs.  His focus was on business process management and cloud based software products.  Luis worked with clients in Banking and Finance as well as New York City and New York State Agencies.  He holds a BA in Computer Science from Hunter College and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University.

Kim Morrisette
Marketing Comittee

Vivian Fransen
Secretary for the InSource Board

Vivian is a self-employed writer, editor, and proofreader, working primarily with pharmaceutical and medical education companies these days. She has previously worked with various nonprofit organizations as a director of development, a hospital grants administrator, and a university development officer, as well as a communications officer with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.

She received a degree in sociology from Gordon College (Wenham, Massachusetts) and a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College, The City University of New York.

InSource Advisory Board

Andy Epstein

Andy is a veteran in-house design manager, creating and growing in-house design teams for Commonwealth Toy and Gund before restructuring and growing the 100-person creative team at Bristol-Myers-Squibb. He currently leads an in-house design team at Designer Greetings, developing the company’s products and point-of-sale materials. Andy has written and spoken extensively on in-house issues, was the co-founder of InSource and currently heads the AIGA In-house Task Force. He edits and contributes to the HOW InHOWse blog and recently published The Corporate Creative with HOW Books.

Emily Cohen

Emily, co-partner of Cohen Miller Consulting (CMC), has consulted with design firms and in-house corporate creative departments for over twenty years. Together with her partner, Jennifer Miller, CMC consults with corporate and institutional in-house creative and marketing teams to improve operational effectiveness by combining best-practice insights with solid benchmark data. CMC also offers a variety of highly effective and actionable methodologies and tailors their approach and recommendations to individual departmental and corporate cultures, work-product types, and industry-specific requirements. Prior to joining the advisory board, Emily served on the board of InSource at it’s initiation as well as on the AIGA In-House task force and as Secretary for the AIGA/NY Board of Directors. Emily has also taught classes and conducted seminars for many leading design schools and organizations. Emily is a frequently-requested speaker on business-related issues for the creative industry and has spoken at the RGD, HOW, MYOB, AIGA and InHOWse Conferences, as well as at numerous local AIGA events. Learn more at www.cohenmillerconsulting.com.

Adam Greiss

Adam is Vice President, Global Head of Creative Services for Morgan Stanley, where he manages the New York operation and functionally oversees London, Tokyo, and off-site. The Creative Services Studio is responsible for the Firm’s print, web, and animation design for both the institutional bank and the retail business (Morgan Stanley Smith Barney). Adam has been with Morgan Stanley since 1999. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he came from the studio/agency-side, which included owning his own firm from 1992-1997. In the agency days, Adam specialized in music and entertainment, CD packaging, editorial, commercial real estate, and corporate. Adam has 50 industry awards, including AIGA, TDC, Print, Graphis, SPD, etc…, he has served on the TDC Board and the ADC Membership Committee, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors for his local Little League.

Adam has been an Adjunct Professor since 1992 — teaching Typography at School of Visual Arts, of which he is also a graduate. He holds a BFA in Graphic Design/Media Communication.