Born: 1943

Education: American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois

Currently resides: Chicago, Illinois

Selected honors: Executive Vice President/Director, AIGA; Founding Member, President Emeritus, and Fellow, AIGA Chicago chapter; Medal of the AIGA; Member, Alliance Graphique Internationale

Teaching: University of Illinois, Chicago

Bart Crosby founded Crosby Associates in 1979, a firm that primarily focuses on the planning and design of organizational, product, event, and initiative identification, and branding programs.

In addition to managing the business and relationships with clients, Mr. Crosby provides strategic and design direction to the firm’s projects and programs. His work has been recognized by nearly every professional design organization and has been featured in many national and international design and business publications.

A graduate of the American Academy of Art, Bart Crosby is a frequent lecturer at conferences and universities, has been an advisor to the Emory University Business School and the University of Chicago, and served as an adjunct associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Before establishing Crosby Associates, Mr. Crosby held leadership positions in a number of Chicago design firms, including Design Consultants Incorporated, the Center for Advanced Research in Design, and RVI Corporation.