SVA Alumni Society Board of Directors
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Todd Radom is a graphic designer responsible for many logos used by American sports teams, including the Washington Nationals and the Anaheim Angels. His distinctive use of typography and inclusion of classic visual elements can also be seen in his designs for the logos of Super Bowl XXXVIII and the NBA All-Star Game. He has established a scholarship fund earmarked for graphic design majors with a group of fellow SVA alumni. toddradom.com
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A public servant for nearly three decades, Karen Friedman Agnifilo left the government as the Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, a role she held from 2014 through 2021. As number two in the office, Ms. Friedman Agnifilo served as Acting District Attorney when the DA was out of the jurisdiction. She also supervised all complex and high-profile matters in the office and managed a team of 1,500 people with a $120-million budget, giving her the experience and judgment to manage the complex, high-stakes cases. While with the Manhattan DA’s office, Ms. Friedman Agnifilo was also integral to creating the office’s Human Trafficking Unit, Hate Crimes Unit, Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Terrorism Unit, and its Cyber Crimes Bureau.
Before her final role with the Manhattan DA’s office, Ms. Friedman Agnifilo served as the office’s Executive ADA and the Chief of its Trial Division from 2010 through 2014. Her other work in the Manhattan DA’s office includes four years as the Deputy Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit. Ms. Friedman Agnifilo has also served as General Counsel to the New York City Mayor’s Office’s Criminal Justice Coordinator where she worked for Mayor Mike Bloomberg on transforming New York City’s criminal justice policy.
In private practice since 2021, Ms. Friedman Agnifilo focuses on serving each of her clients’ unique and specific needs at the highest level. She has extensive investigatory and trial experience and represents clients in civil and criminal matters in both state and federal courts. She is especially adept at representing plaintiffs in employment disputes whether they proceed to trial or are resolved quietly before a complaint is ever filed.
Ms. Friedman Agnifilo is a frequent television news guest and commentator and is a legal analyst for CNN. She is also the co-host of weekly podcasts on emerging legal issues and litigation strategy (Legal AF and MissTrial) that routinely have more than a half million listeners. She is also the legal advisor for the hit television show Law and Order. Ms. Friedman Agnifilo is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Georgetown University Law Center.
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Chris Growney is a director, advisor and investor in a broad range of start-up and growth companies. In addition to his current role at a private investment company, he's a founder of investment analytics software and bond management firms and founding investor/board member of a public bank. Chris also served on the treasury investment team at Cisco Systems. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a CFA charter holder. Chris has a lifelong passion and deep appreciation for the arts and education.
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Michael Halsband, fine art photographer, has made portraits of many high-profile artists, actors, musicians and celebrities. He is also known for his surfing photographs. His work has been published in numerous books and periodicals, including Gotham magazine and Surf Book. His photographs have been exhibited around the world and can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Many SVA students have interned at his studio. michaelhalsband.com
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Lyn Hughes is a New York City-based photographer specializing in lifestyle, food and event photography. She has done work for Cosmopolitan, NBC, 20th Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company.
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David Kuhn has extensive experience in documentary film production, television, journalism, photography and law. In addition to producing filmmaker Eugene Jarecki’s various projects including Promised Land on the state of the American dream (in production), he is currently producing Life After Hate which examines the root causes and conditions that foster racism and xenophobia among the radicalized Alt-Right (in production), and Raoul’s: Gentrification & Family in Soho (in production). He recently produced a documentary short in Cuba The Cyclist (Una Cyclista) for “The New Yorker Presents... “ series on Amazon (2016). He has served as legal counsel and/or consulting producer for documentaries such as The Age of Consequences (2016), Denial (2016), (T)error (2015), Requiem for the American Dream (2015), The House I Live In (2012), Beyond the Boardroom(2006), and Capturing the Friedmans (2003). In prior work, he was a public defender litigating in Manhattan criminal courts for nearly a decade, embedded with US troops in northern Afghanistan, and was published in Vogue, The New York Times, The Huffington Post and other publications for writing and photography. David lives and works in New York City.