Leimei Julia Chiu is the Executive Director of the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) and a Professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University.

Russell is an adjunct Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, and is an academic and practitioner of graphic design and filmmaking.

Omar Vulpinari is the creative director of the Visual Communication Department at Fabrica, the Benetton research center on communication founded. He teaches at the University of San Marino - University of Venice.

Iva is currently Creative director at Euro RSCG agency in Zagreb, working for many local and international clients. Her work has been included in many exhibitions and publications both in Croatia and abroad.

Gitte Just is CEO of the Danish Design Association. The keywords of Gitte's career are: Management, strategic planning, negotiations, development of partnerships, and design of processes, development of business concepts and projects, and coaching.

Vesna Brekalo, born in Maribor, Slovenia, graduated from graphic design and visual communications at the University of Ljubljana. She pursued a freelance career with renowned Slovene and international design studios and advertising agencies.

Gaby de Abreu is founding member and Executive Creative Director of The Switch Design Group, established in 1999. Switch is the largest independent design group in South Africa, with offices in Cape Town and London. Since 1998, he has served as executive member of the Brand Design Council (formerly Think).

Yeşim Demir runs her design studio in Istanbul, lectures at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts and is currently president of GMK, the Turkish Society of Graphic Designers. Earlier she worked as art and creative director in Young&Rubicam and RPM/Radar CDP Europe.

Sophia Shih has studied in both Taiwan and abroad, receiving her MFA from Boston University, with additional studies at Yale University. Currently, she is a professor in the Department of Visual Design and the Department of Fine Arts and in the Graduate School of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University.

As the Dean of Design at London College of Communication, University of the Arts, Lawrence leads undergraduate and postgraduate courses in advertising design, communication design, illustration and visual media and typographic design.

Between 1963 and 2011, twenty three Icograda boards have donated their leadership skills and time to furthering Icograda's goals and objectives.