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Bill McLaughlin

EVP, Web Solutions
bmclaughlin@carnegiehighered.com
314-580-5652

Session: Driving results without a redesign: Smart updates for higher ed websites
Time: April 3, 11:00 am – 12:00pm

Bill joined the Carnegie team in 2021 when the company acquired mStoner, a web design and development agency for higher education that he co-led as COO/CFO and Head of Project Delivery. He has more than 25 years of experience in web development in agency, start-up, and corporate environments. Bill works closely with clients to form strategic partnerships and bring custom solutions to their challenges. He is a hands-on problem solver who is passionate about user experience and the intersection of design, content, and technology.

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Patrice Buckner Jackson, Ed.D.

Professional Speaker, Author, Podcast Host
patricebucknerjackson.com

Keynote: Disrupting Burnout
Time: April 4, 8:30 am

Dr. Patrice Buckner Jackson, known in her community as Dr. PBJ, is a transformational speaker, podcast host, and educator of almost twenty-five years. She holds a doctoral degree in education administration. Much of her work is specifically focused on equipping and refreshing educators. Compassionate work carries a high price tag: your mind, body, Spirit, and relationships may be in distress as you serve the needs of others. Dr. Jackson gives her community the strategies to accomplish purposeful work without burnout.

Dr. PBJ is the creator and host of the Disrupting Burnout podcast as well as the author of the Amazon best-seller Disrupting Burnout: The professional woman’s LIFELINE to finding purpose.

Jena Marble

Graphic Designer, Art Director, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
marblemade.co

Session: Amplify, Not Replace: Human Creativity Meets AI
Time: April 3, 8:30 am

Jena Marble is a graphic designer, art director, and clinical assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has extensive experience in industry—working with clients that include Kohl’s, Toyota, Vienna Beef, and American Express—as well as academia and government, collaborating with Arizona State University, Baylor, USAID, the US State Department, and the National Institutes of Health.

Jena’s research focuses on artificial intelligence and graphic design. She explores how AI can reshape creative processes and transform the future of the design industry. By staying at the forefront of AI technology trends, Jena contributes to the ongoing conversation on AI’s evolving impact on graphic design.

Matthew Luken

VP & Strategic Consultant
Deque
matthew.luken@deque.com

Session: Intersectionality of Design and Accessibility Conformance
Time: April 4, 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Matthew Luken is a Vice President & Principal Strategy Consultant at Deque. Prior to Deque, Matthew built and ran U.S. Bank’s enterprise-level digital accessibility program. He grew the program from two contractor positions to a team of 75 consultants and leaders providing accessibility design reviews, compliance testing services, defect remediation consulting, and creating/documenting accessibility best practices across the company. The program leveraged 1,500+ implementations of Axe Auditor and almost 4,000 implementations of Axe DevTools and Deque University. Matthew was also Head of UXDesign’s Accessibility Center of Practice where he was responsible for creating seamless procedures and processes that supported the digital accessibility team’s mission & objectives while dovetailing with the company’s other Center of Practices like DEI, employee-facing services, and Risk & Compliance. He and his team’s work has been recognized by American Banker, Forrester Research, Business Journal, and The Banker. In his user experience and service design backgrounds, Matthew worked with over 275 brands around the world, covering every vertical and category. He continues to teach User Experience, Service Design, and Digital Accessibility at the college level, as well as mentor new digital designers through several different mentorship programs around the USA.

Cory Rylan

Senior UI Software Engineer
NVIDIA
cory@coryrylan.com

Session: From Server to Screen: Elevating Web Performance with Custom Elements and SSR
Time: April 4, 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Cory (@coryrylan on social media and Github) is a full-time front-end web developer and Google Developer Expert in Angular. He works full-time building UI on the Autonomous Vehicle Infrastructure team @NVIDIA. He enjoys teaching and writing about Angular, Design Systems, and Web Components.

Stacy Billman

Assistant Director of Analytics and Alignment
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
sbillman@illinois.edu

Session: Introduction to Redesigning Your University Website: A Strategic UX Approach
Time: April 4, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Co-Presentors: Rashmi Tenneti, Maggie Evenson

Stacy Billman is responsible for assisting the Director of Analytics and Alignment with developing and documenting processes and systems for key office functions and success metric analysis. She also manages various team-based projects and provides support for the Chief Communications Officers community of practice. When she is not thinking about organizational efficiencies, Stacy can be found planning her next outdoor adventure, baking, scoping out live music preferably at dive bars, listening to music or podcasts, or getting some kind of movement in her day, usually all with her pug mix, Louie, by her side.

Maggie Evenson

Analytics Specialist
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
evenson@illinois.edu

Session: Introduction to Redesigning Your University Website: A Strategic UX Approach
Time: April 4, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Co-Presentors: Rashmi Tenneti, Stacy Billman

Maggie Evenson is an Analytics Specialist in Strategic Communications and Marketing. She supports the Analytics and Alignment team by creating reports in Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console and using SEO data and assists others across campus to do the same.

Rashmi Tenneti

Director Of Analytics and Alignment
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
rtenneti@illinois.edu

Session: Introduction to Redesigning Your University Website: A Strategic UX Approach
Time: April 4, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Co-Presentors: Maggie Evenson, Stacy Billman

As the Director of Analytics and Alignment, Rashmi combines meaningful metrics, data-based storytelling, process documentation, and project management to enhance team efficiency and drive strategic decision-making. Beyond her role at StratCom, Rashmi is a student in the Informatics PhD program. During her leisure time, she enjoys reading, spends time with her beloved dog, Puri, and explores local food.