Ryan DeVito - Creative Partner Highlight

Ryan brings a blend of right and left brain to Creative Partners Roundtable. Graduating from Drexel University with a B.S. in Graphic Design, Ryan spent several years during college as a design intern at Hypno Design under the tutelage of Richard and Alison. From there she joined Canon Business Solutions and spent two years as a Graphic Designer, providing branding, collateral and event design internally and for clients such as Philadelphia Orchestra and Campbell’s Soup.

For the last 6 years, Ryan has found her right and left brain equilibrium at Canon through various experiences in account and project management. Her creative side is fulfilled by providing creative direction, collaboration and copy writing for change management, sustainability and marketing campaigns. And her analytical side is fulfilled through project management, program planning and workflow optimization.

Ryan is thrilled to be joining the CPR team and is looking forward to collaborating with such a talented group in support of some pretty amazing non-profits!

Greg Bender - Creative Partner Highlight

Greg has been in the graphic design and print industry for over 25 years. He’s been the creative director at Camden County College for almost 11 years. Before that he owned his own graphic design firm and has also worked in medical publishing.

Greg loves working on all sorts of projects. He prides himself on sweating the details when it comes to jobs he works on, making sure everything comes back from the printer exactly how his client wants. Especially fond of the art of typefaces, Greg likes everything that has to do with fonts. Well, everything that is except Comic Sans.

Greg looks forward every year to Hypno Design’s CreateAthon event

and collaborating with other creative types. He loves movies, sports,

poker and small doses of landscaping.

Rich Wenzke - Creative Partner Highlight

Rich Wenzke has created interactive and print media for over 10 years, with a focus on creating work that looks good and communicates the intended message, delivering the right response. Over the last 4 years, Rich has built his web arsenal as the interactive designer at Idea Lab where he specialized in HTML, CSS, jQuery and web design. Currently he is the new media specialist at The Media & Marketing Group where he heads the interactive department.

Zoe Spiliotis - Creative Partner Highlight

Zoe Spiliotis received her BFA from Moore College of Art & Design and an MFA from New Mexico State University. Her artwork has exhibited internationally in Austria, Italy and Japan, as well as nationally at galleries in Philadelphia, New Mexico, Texas and Florida.

As a graphic designer she has worked for millwork companies, designing themed interior graphics, displays and other printed material and also in digital and quick printing environments. She currently manages an in-house printing facility at a local pharmaceutical company.

Together, Zoe Spiliotis and Adrian Aguirre have partnered on creative works including murals in New Mexico, Texas and Pennsylvania. Since returning to Philadelphia they started Projects Graphic, which provides creative services including printing and web design to artists and non-profits.

Richard Cardona - Creative Partner Highlight

As Hypno’s Creative Director, Richard is responsible along with his partner Alison Judah for bringing CreateAthon (and now Creative Partners Roundtable) to the Philadelphia - Southern New Jersey region. Trained as a fine artist, with a Master’s degree in painting from Temple’s Tyler School of Art, Richard brings his unique vision and understanding to the work he produces.

Richard founded Hypno Design with Alison in 1994, and set out to create unique and effective marketing for clients and since then has created award winning work for companies like Herrs, Samuel Adams Beer, The Philadelphia Eagles, Sports Illustrated, Nike, 20th Century Fox, and many pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, but the

biggest kick he gets (aside from surfing gnarly overhead hurricane swells) is helping nonprofits with CreateAThon and with Creative Partners Roundtable.

Kris Blake - Creative Partner Highlight

Kris Blake is a Philadelphia-based creative who handles the copywriting duties for Sb1 Federal Credit Union. Prior to writing about savings accounts and loans for Sb1, he got his start in marketing at Lancaster Brewing Company. In his time with the brewery, Kris was part of the team which re-launched Lancaster's bottled product line, helping LBC become Pennsylvania's fastest growing micro-brewery.

In addition to earning his M.B.A. from Drexel University's LeBow College of Business , Kris also studies copywriting at Adhouse, a portfolio school in New York City, where he's had the opportunity to learn the craft of creative advertising from some of the industry's top Creative Directors.

Kevin Blue - Creative Partner Highlight

With an education in graphic design and an unending quest to learn even more and perfect his skills as a self-taught web developer, Kevin brings great enthusiasm and experience to his creative work. Kevin has worked in all aspects of graphic design from logos and identity systems, to print adds, and websites.

Always keeping himself involved with new projects, Kevin enjoys the constant changing field of design and all of the challenges it offers. When he’s not at his desk, he’s usually on the water, kayaking, fly fishing, or sailing.