Speakers & Faculty

Frank LoMonte

Frank D. LoMonte joined the Student Press Law Center as Executive Director in January 2008, after practicing with the Atlanta-based law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and clerking for federal judges on the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Before law school, LoMonte was an awardwinning investigative journalist and political columnist in state Capitol bureaus in Florida and Georgia and in Washington, D.C., with the Morris newspaper chain.

Randy Pfizenmaier is a commercial photographer based out of Fort Collins, CO. From advertising to editorial, his assignments have taken him many places throughout the US, Mexico and the Caribbean for clients such as: Bolle sunglasses, Scuba Schools Int., Hewlett-Packard, Blu-ray Disc and Great West Life Insurance. His images can be seen in a variety of places from print ads, brochures and packaging to corporate annual reports.

Randy Pfizenmaier

Frank Ragulsky is a retired yearbook adviser of more than 40 university yearbooks at four different universities. He served as adviser most recently at Oregon State University for the award-winning Beaver Yearbook. Frank's specialties include feature writing and news writing. He has been active in College Media Advisers since 1970. Frank has served as president of the Western Association of University Publications Managers on two different occasions. His newest passion includes wildlife photography in Alaska.

Frank Ragulsky

Mike Richman is a Solutions Account Manager for Adobe Systems Inc, the world-leader in digital imaging, design, and document technology platforms for consumers, creative professionals, and enterprises. Based in New York City, Mike works exclusively with one of the world's largest advertising agencies to ensure that it gets the most from its investment in Adobe tools for digital imaging, design and document management. He is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in InDesign, InCopy, Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop and has been with Adobe since 2000. Mike is the co-author, along with Adam Pratt, of The Adobe InCopy CS2 Book, from Adobe Press.

Mike Richman

Bruno Ruggiero is the Director of University Printing and Design Services at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA where he is chief graphic designer and oversees the university's in-house print shop. During his 17-year tenure at Nicholls, Bruno has won numerous national awards in design for the work he has done for the university. In addition to his work in higher education, Bruno is a freelance designer working on political campaigns, non-profit organizations and the private sector.

Bruno Ruggiero

Andrea Watson is the assistant director of the Department of Student Media at Texas Tech University, where she has served as the editorial adviser to La Ventana yearbook, The Daily Toreador newspaper and dailytoreador.com since 2002. Before moving to Student Media, she worked in marketing and communications for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine. She also worked as a features reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche- Journal for several years. In addition to advising, she also works as a freelance reporter and graphic designer.

Andrea Watson

Stephen Williams has devoted the last nine years of his life to yearbook cover design. A former advertising creative director, Stephen began freelancing as a cover designer at yearbook workshops and quickly turned that into a career. After launching his website, www.thecoverartist.com, Stephen has designed over 1,500 book covers, many for nationally-recognized yearbook publications. Stephen gets his mail in Tulsa, OK, but he's more likely to be found at a workshop or a yearbook classroom helping students achieve the best looking yearbook possible.

Stephen Williams

Bradley Wilson advised college media in North Carolina where the yearbook and literary magazine won top national honors including the ACP Pacemaker and CSPA Gold Crown. He is the chair of the photo committee for College Media Advisers and the editor of the publications for the national Journalism Education Association. Among other awards, he has received the Gold Key from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association and the Carl Towley Award from the Journalism Education Association.

Bradley Wilson