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GDUSA starts each year by choosing a group of People To Watch who embody the spirit of the creative community. The criteria: individuals we have come to know and respect for a combination of talent, leadership, success, newsworthiness and community service. In a field so deep in talent and broad in numbers, this is clearly a subjective process. Still, for five decades, it has seemed to work out pretty well: the roster of past participants is star-studded, to say the least. The 2015 group adds to the glow.

Ashleigh Axios, The White House	Toby Southgate, Brand Union
Sara Frisk, Uptake	Kevin Grady, Siegel+Gale
Jill Yoe Graves, TBWA New York	Kenny Gravillis, Gravillis Inc.
Jim Mousner, Origin	Jonathan Notaro, Brand New School
Shani Sandy, S&P Capital Q	Joshua Lepley
Timothy Heyer, Pantone	Kevin Cantrell, Kevin Cantrell Design
Rinat Aruh, Aruliden	David Schwartz, HUSH
Elizabeth P. Ball, TFI Envision, Inc.	Bob Calvano, A+E Networks
Hilary Lentini, Lentini Design & Marketing	Amber Podratz, Kaiser Permanente
Suzy Simmons, Test Monki	Michael Freimuth and Patrick Robinson, Franklyn
Becky Nelson, Bex Brands	Barbara Kosoff, Barbara Kosoff Design + Illustration
Matthew Munoz, New Kind	Jim Read, Pearl
Nicte Cuevas, Nicte Creative Design	Shannon Gabor, Clever Creative
Matt Lehman, Matt Lehman Studio	Rob Adams, ETS
Sharon Lloyd McLaughlin, Mermaid	Joe Cuticone, Cuticone Design