Libby Bender | Writer

Libby Bender is VP | Creative Director at Littlefield, a brand development agency in Tulsa. She and her teams are consistently recognized by the professional advertising and design communities for creative excellence. She is on the Board of Art Directors Club of Tulsa, and is a graduate of The University of Tulsa.

An Arkansas native, Libby has called Tulsa home for … well, let’s just say a very long time. An avowed Macaddict, she was seventh in line for the first iPhones and sports more than 10,000 songs in her iTunes folder. She still dresses up for Halloween, loves to hike and camp, and is in the Tulsa Softball Hall of Fame.

Libby lives in Tulsa with her bossy little red chow, Teddy.

Carl Brune | Designer

Carl was born in Enid, and studied fine art and graphic design at Phillips University. After running his own practice, he joined The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa where he was responsible for the visual communications for exhibitions, programming and fund raising. Carl left Philbrook in 2004 to run his own practice again.

He has designed and produced award winning exhibition and collection catalogues along with more than 75 books. Carl has been in many award selections: American Association of Museums, Oklahoma Center for the Book, American Booksellers Association Ben Franklin Design Competition, American Calendar Association, Dallas Society of Visual Communication, Tulsa Advertising Federation and Art Directors Club of Tulsa. He is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and a past president and board member of Art Directors Club of Tulsa.

Carl lives in Tulsa with his partner Julia and three cats.

Scott Raffe | Photographer

Scott grew up in a north suburb of Chicago and knew as early as eighth grade that he wanted to be a photographer. His first pictures were taken with a 110 camera, capturing close-ups of Chicago Cubs players while he was waiting for their autographs. Scott started taking photo classes in high school and received a degree in photography from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. In 1986 he returned to Chicago where he later started Raffe Photography. In 2002 he relocated to Tulsa after working in both St. Louis and Denver.

An award-winning professional photographer, Scott’s work has been recognized with multiple awards from the American Advertising Federation, Art Directors Club and The Dallas Show. His work has hung in several gallery exhibits, alongside the photographs of Diane Arbus, Mary Ellen Mark and Henri-Cartier Bresson.

He lives in Tulsa with his Boston terrier, Billy.