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Chrissie Bonner is a graphic facilitator, teacher, author, and illustrator.  Her interest in visual work is rooted in cultivating the mindsets necessary for transformative change and designing environments for people to be creative and do their best thinking. 

Before starting Illustrating Progress in 2014, Chrissie worked in institutional philanthropy, supporting the infrastructure-building and leadership efforts of over 200 nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia region. 

She has also illustrated several books including  And Then She Came Tumbling Down by Karla Adkins (2022), Bless this Mess: A Picture Story of Healthcare in America by Dr. Steven Klasko (2018), and Unstuck, her own picture book about navigating one's way out of self-deception, told through dream-like illustrations and journaling prompts (2021).

Chrissie also teaches Adaptive Leadership in the Organizational Development & Leadership MS program at PCOM's School of Applied Psychology. 

Contact: chrissie@illustratingprogress.com

Haley is an artist and visual practitioner originally from the North Shore of Massachusetts. Her artistic practice began at a young age and continued as a lifelong journey focusing on sense-making based on experiences and the meanings they hold through painting, drawing, writing, and printmaking. Haley was introduced to the world of graphic facilitation while working as an Events Coordinator at Easthampton City Arts in Easthampton, MA in 2019.  Haley believes organizing thoughts and their relationships to one another to create shared understanding and amplify the message in a structured visual outcome is important, exciting, and necessary work relevant to projects of all shapes and sizes.   She also runs her own visual facilitation practice based in Philadelphia.  You can see more of her work at https://haleymcdevitt.com/ Contact: haley@illustratingprogress.com

Rick is a content production professional with experience across diverse roles bridging the creative and technical realms. What began as a passion for music in his native Costa Rica led him to relocate to the US to pursue a degree in Music and Audio Production from Shenandoah University in Virginia.

This would eventually develop into a career including extensive project management work for content localization projects in over 20 languages for companies such as American Airlines and Apple, as well as composer, producer, and recording engineer credits on hundreds of recordings.

After 20 years working in NYC and Los Angeles, he is now back in Costa Rica with his wife, where they enjoy their free time exploring the country with their dog Pax.

Maddy Conover is an artist living in Philadelphia, PA. As an elementary schooler, she began learning how to “mind map,” both digitally and by hand. Ever since then, mind mapping has been essential to her creative practice.
She received her MFA in Printmaking from the Tyler School of Art & Architecture at Temple University and her BA in Studio Art and Sustainable Food & Farming from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. In her free time, she enjoys screenprinting, painting, cooking, and hanging out with her dog, Miwa.https://madeleineconover.com/ Contact: conovermadeleine@gmail.com 

Neha is a visual facilitator, collaborator, and founder of ThinkALOUD where her endeavor is to hold space for creative exploration and strategic decision-making for impact-driven leaders and teams.  Throughout her career Neha has been fascinated with leveraging creative tools such as storyboards, sketchnotes, and graphic recording to help visualize and build the larger picture.   Neha draws on her experience of consulting businesses and nonprofits across the globe with two of the world’s largest management advisory firms.          She is an ICF (ACC) certified leadership coach and a Master Practitioner of the Energy Leadership Index (ELITM).   She was born, raised, and educated in India, now lives in Atlanta, Georgia and together with her husband finds everyday joy in raising their little ones.  You can learn more about Neha at www.thinkaloudcoaching.com . 

Katrina studied Printmaking at the University of Colorado and Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design.  She has created illustrations for two international picture books, O Gato e O Macaco (Portuguese) and La Vista de los Troles (Spanish and Gallego). 

Based in Philadelphia, Katrina teaches Illustration at Hussian College, La Salle University, Tyler School of Art, and Moore College of Art and Design.

You can see more of Katrina's work at https://www.katrinakopeloff.com/

Hannah Cook is a freelance designer. She graduated with her BFA from The Moore College of Art & Design in 2016. Throughout the day, you will find her sipping on iced espresso and listening to true crime podcasts, Mumford & Sons, or whatever Spotify puts on queue.She continuously finds ways to challenge herself through her work and explores different ways to solve problems.   As much she craves caffeine, she craves challenges in design.  You can see more of her work at www.hcookdesign.com and grab a virtual coffee with her anytime at hcookdesign1@gmail.com