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John Dessler

John (JJD) Dessler is a visual communications graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He was the artist and media director for the Beaver County/Allegheny Times for 10 years and freelances for companies such as GE, NBC, Genworth Financial, and Heinz – specializing in Flash, Photoshop, audio/video production and effects. In 1996 he founded The …

Shirley Saldamarco

Shirley Saldamarco is the Supervising Producer and a member of the Faculty at the Entertainment Technology Center. Shirley has been at Carnegie Mellon for most of her adult life. In the early ’70s, she was a student in the School of Drama where she studied Theatre Administration. She returned to the School of Drama in …