About DCDW
DC Design Week (DCDW) is an annual celebration of DC’s creative community: an ever-growing body of professionals, makers, and voices working across disciplines. We aspire to foster conversations that will challenge, excite, and promote change. This year, we’re shifting our focus to feature events curated and hosted by our community. Local makers can expect our vision for the future to be pluralistic and our art and design practices to contain a multitude of perspectives and experiences.


Ghost Note Agency
Ghost Note is a creative agency born + based in the District of Columbia. We believe that when good people come together they create truly great things.
Sponsors and Partners
DC Design Week is 100% volunteer-run, and it wouldn’t be the same without our partners and sponsors. We’re looking for sponsors who can help ensure every event is as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you’re interested in partnering with DC Design Week this year, let us know. For this year’s sponsorship levels, we chose to pay tribute to some of DC’s most famous artists.

DCDW 2021 Committee
DC Design Week is planned by a committee of volunteers who help plan each event, do all the outreach, and more. We’re so grateful for their contributions.
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Richard Bentham
Executive Director
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Ariana Rodriguez-Gitler
Deputy Executive Director
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Joe Greeley
Board Liasion
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Danni Baker
Program Director
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Eliza Duquette
Program Director
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David Dunston
Communications Director
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Cynthia Kim
Deputy Communications Director
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Radhika Bhatt
Partnerships Director
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Claire Blaustein
AIGA DC President
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Ben Abraham
Community-Curated Events Manager
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Sydney Adams
Community-Curated Event Lead
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Janessa Arrington
Keynote Event Lead
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Kojo Boateng
Kickoff Event Lead
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Jelena Budjevac
Copywriter
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Cara Campbell
Community-Curated Event Lead
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Benneth Chukwu
Designer
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Elaine Heinzman
Community-Curated Event Lead
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Jessica Josey
Social Media Lead
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Josh Kim
Accessibility Lead
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Nicole McKinney
Keynote Event Lead
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Johanna Ostrich
Pop-Up Event Lead
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Jena Persico
Pop-Up Event Lead
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Khanh Pham
Marketing Lead
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Kristin Rafael
Design Lead
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Marcus Relacion
Web Developer
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Silvia Script
Web Lead
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Chelsea Wilson
Web Designer
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Photos
Marcus Relacion is a designer, developer, and photographer in the DMV area. Thank you for helping us feature DC through your lens and capturing hyperlocal in such vivid and impactful moments.


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