Committees

The EPIC community is driven by the vision, expertise, and hard work of our members. Independent committees develop conference programming and run the show.

Carrie (she/her) is a design leader and artist. A member of EPIC since 2011, she has co-chaired several committees, including PechaKucha, salons, and workshops. Carrie is currently a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase, where she leads UX Research teams on Chase’s digital products and channels. She was born in Southern California and has lived in LA County since 2004.

 

Read our Q&A with Carrie

Carrie Yury, conference chair

Managing Director, Head of UX Research, Digital Products & Channels, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lee (they/them) is a UX Researcher who has been part of the EPIC family since 2017. They specialize in complex technologies and AI/ML-driven products and work systems, having worked on AR/VR for Meta, autonomous vehicles for Waymo and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, and navigation systems for Lyft. Lee’s favorite personal contribution to EPIC is the EPIC Talk on Space and Place in the Digital Age they gave in 2021, though they have been privileged to wear many different hats in EPIC committees and conferences over the years. They recently posted a longform piece that reflects on the disconnect between what GenAI products enable a user to request (facts) and what they output (the ‘fact-ish’); how users put fact-ish information to work; and implications for the integrity of the digital public sphere. Lee holds a PhD in Geography, Environment and Society from the University of Minnesota.

 

Read our Q&A with Lee ▸

LEE CESAFSKY, conference chair

UX Researcher, Meta

Papers

shaheen amir / CHAIR
shaheen amir / CHAIR

California Office of Data and Innovation

JULIANA SALDARRIAGA / CHAIR
JULIANA SALDARRIAGA / CHAIR

A Piece of Pie

Charlie Strong
Charlie Strong

ReD Associates

Taylor Nelms
Taylor Nelms

Filene

Britta Fiore - Gartland
Britta Fiore - Gartland

Salesforce

Emanuel Moss
Emanuel Moss

Intel

Annie Lambla
Annie Lambla

Coloplast

Scott Matter
Scott Matter

University of Technology Sydney

Vishnupriya Das
Vishnupriya Das

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Claudia Ruge
Claudia Ruge

NBCUniversal

Joyce Lee
Joyce Lee

Salesforce

Rogerio de Paula
Rogerio de Paula

IBM

Emory Edwards
Emory Edwards

University of California, Irvine

Stefan Laage
Stefan Laage

Brandwatch

Maya Costa Pinto
Maya Costa Pinto

University of Melbourne

Yuliya Grinberg
Yuliya Grinberg

Drew University

Case Studies

AUTUMN SANDERS / CHAIR
AUTUMN SANDERS / CHAIR

Quire Consulting

ANNA WOJNAROWSKA / CHAIR
ANNA WOJNAROWSKA / CHAIR

Google

Camille Kramer Courbariaux
Camille Kramer Courbariaux

YUX Design

Deirdre McGruder
Deirdre McGruder

UX/Design Researcher & Manager

Sunandini Pande Ray
Sunandini Pande Ray

Kantar

Marcelo Fagundes
Marcelo Fagundes

Accenture Song

Heli Rantavuo
Heli Rantavuo

OP Financial Group

Hannah Anokye
Hannah Anokye

Intuit

Marie Mika
Marie Mika

Frontrow Health

Oskar Korman
Oskar Korman

Alice Labs

Victoria Lowerson Bredow
Victoria Lowerson Bredow

UC Irvine

Adisorn Supawatanakul
Adisorn Supawatanakul

Teak Research

Megan McGrath
Megan McGrath

IBM

PechaKucha

Robin Kwong / chair
Robin Kwong / chair

Wall Street Journal

bridget monahan / chair
bridget monahan / chair

Google

Renu Zunjarwad
Renu Zunjarwad

Truckstop

Vyjayanthi Vadrevu
Vyjayanthi Vadrevu

Rasa.nyc

Enya Trenholm - Jensen
Enya Trenholm - Jensen

Gemic

Antoinne Clay
Antoinne Clay

Microsoft

Artistic Interventions

karl mendonca / chair
karl mendonca / chair

Google

rebekah park / chair
rebekah park / chair

Gemic

Elizabeth Anderson-Kempe
Elizabeth Anderson-Kempe

Google

Maria Pitallano
Maria Pitallano

Interactive Experiences

makalé faber cullen / chair
makalé faber cullen / chair

PLASTARC

Todd Palmer
Todd Palmer

Diversity in Design

jennifer giroux / chair
jennifer giroux / chair

Giroux Impact

Toluwa Awodiya
Toluwa Awodiya

Survey Monkey

Graduate Colloquium

rachel ceasar / CHair
rachel ceasar / CHair

Culture of Health & Tech Consulting

Renee Ho / Chair
Renee Ho / Chair

Lime

Josef Wieland / Chair
Josef Wieland / Chair

Research Strategist

Mahta Emrani
Mahta Emrani
Sylvia tolbert-long
Sylvia tolbert-long

Know More Marketing

Tayler Ulmer
Tayler Ulmer

Aescape / Griot Recruiting

Kickoff

lydia timlin-broussard
lydia timlin-broussard

BCG X

ryoko imai
ryoko imai

Hitachi America

Learning & Networking Week

Alexandra Zafiroglu
Alexandra Zafiroglu

The Australian National University

Jamie Sherman
Jamie Sherman

Esri

Samantha Gottlieb
Samantha Gottlieb

EPIC Board Treasurer

Salons

Abbas Jaffer
Abbas Jaffer

Circle

Conference Support

TIFFANY ROMAIN / Peer Review Manager & Ombuds
TIFFANY ROMAIN / Peer Review Manager & Ombuds

Intel

Kate Sieck / Local
Kate Sieck / Local

Toyota Research Institute

STEVEN GARCIA / local
STEVEN GARCIA / local

Culturegraphics LLC

Yushi Wang/ Local
Yushi Wang/ Local

uxoffer

Tony Moaton/ Accessibility
Tony Moaton/ Accessibility

Cultural Researcher

Kate Mesh / Accessibility
Kate Mesh / Accessibility

Open Inclusion

Greg Weinstein / Accessibility
Greg Weinstein / Accessibility

CVS Health