Dan Bouweraerts was born and raised in southern California and graduated from both Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and University of Nevada, Reno. He has worked in the graphics industry for 30 years and teaches as a Graphic Communications instructor at TMCC.

Ron Marston has been teaching graphic design (Adobe Creative Suite, content creation, layout, typography, web design, screen printing and commercial prepress processes) at TMCC for 19 years. He currently serves as the Department Chair of Visual and Performing Arts. Aside from teaching, he is the owner of Marston PteroWorks, an online business that sells radio controlled designs of his own.

Brian Wells attended the prestigious California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) where he studied Character Animation, and earned an MFA from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. Brian has taught for 17 years in higher education and is currently a Professor of Graphic Communications at TMCC. Brian's professional Hollywood animation experience includes Character Layout Artist (key pose animator) on “The Simpsons”.