The SCD Team
Our full time staff at Siebel Center for Design come from many different backgrounds like education, industrial design, business, theater, communications, art, and graphic design. Together we form a unique team with diverse perspectives who collaborate to create engaging programs and events throughout the building.
The SCD Fellows
SCD Fellows are a diverse, multidisciplinary group of creative and passionate thinkers, makers, and doers. Fellows play a critical role in advancing the Siebel Center for Design mission by diving deep into human-centered design, design thinking, and design strategy. These are Academic Professional or Post-Doctoral appointments, focused on specific projects and grant-supported work.
Carrie James
SCD Fellow, Curriculum & Instruction
Taylor Parks
SCD Fellow, Engineering Education
Brian Guerrero
SCD Fellow, K-12 Programs
Alex Pagano
SCD Fellow, Engineering Education
Adjunct Faculty
SCD's Adjunct Instructors and Lecturers support our DTX courses and academic programs, and are given the opportunity to collaborate with SCD teams, utilize resources within the Center, and learn more about human-centered design and design thinking in order to apply it to their fields of study and professional practice.
Scott Barrows - Email Scott
Brandon Dohman - Email Brandon
Ch'nel Duke - Email Ch'nel
Jake Fava - Email Jake
Jaqueline Handley - Email Jaqueline
Carrie James - Email Carrie
Elaine Kristant - Email Elaine
Beth Ladd - Email Beth
Michael Manfredo - Email Michael
Alastair Merret - Email Alastair
Stephanie McCloud - Email Stephanie
Brandon Middleton - Email Brandon
Sid Patil - Email Sid
Stephen Riley - Email Stephen
Collin Smith - Email Collin
Student Teams
Student roles support our labs, studios, guest experience, event services, workshops, assessment and research, while also gaining experience in human-centered design through multidisciplinary projects.
The Concierge
Labs & Studio Attendants
Classroom Support
Research & Assessment Scholars
Our Benefactor
Thomas M. Siebel
Alumnus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BA, History; MS, Computer Science; MBA
Thank you to our benefactor, Thomas Siebel, and his foundation, The Thomas and Stacy Siebel Foundation. Our building was made possible by a very generous donation from the foundation. Thomas Siebel is Chairman, CEO, and Founder of C3 AI. He has served as the chairman of the board of directors since January 2009 and as chief executive officer since July 2011. Prior to founding the company, Siebel founded and served as the chief executive officer of Siebel Systems, a global CRM software company, from 1993 until it merged with Oracle Corporation in January 2006. Siebel serves as a member of the boards of advisors for the colleges of engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Berkeley. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 2013.