Elizabeth Geer, Creative Services Director
Elizabeth joined Furman in the fall of 2012 and brings with her almost
two decades of experience in advertising, brand strategy, creative
development, broadcast and print production, and client management. A
graduate of Ohio University’s Scripps School of
Journalism, she holds a BSJ with a concentration in advertising. The
highlights of her career include working six years as Senior Director of
Advertising and Brand Communications with Denny's Restaurants, where
she was instrumental in the Grand Slam giveaway and the critically
acclaimed Super Bowl commercials that launched the program. She has also
worked on other national brands such as Wendy’s (Dave Thomas campaign),
McDonalds, MoonPie and Tabasco brand Pepper Sauce.
Elizabeth
currently serves as Chair of the Friends of the Greenville Zoo and
is actively on the Zoo Master Planning Committee. She and her husband
have two boys, three dogs, and a chinchilla.
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Lindsay Niedringhaus, Assistant Director for Marketing
Attending Furman was a family tradition for Lindsay, whose grandparents and parents were all Furman students. After graduating with a B.A. in English in 2007, Lindsay moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where she worked as assistant editor and production manager of Columbia Metropolitan, the city’s luxury lifestyle magazine. (This job actually came about after a Furman Advantage internship the summer of her junior year.) After three years of writing, editing, managing advertising clients, organizing photo shoots, and planning events, all the while working on an M.A. in English from Clemson, Lindsay and her Gamecock husband, Steven, moved to Greenville where Lindsay accepted the position of Furman Admission’s marketing manager. In July 2012, Lindsay joined the creative team in the Office of Marketing and Public Relations as the Assistant Director for Marketing to serve as a writer, account executive, and general Organizer Extraordinaire.
Outside of the work world, Lindsay enjoys running, having completed two marathons with Team in Training and as many half-marathons as her schedule and feet allow. Her chocolate lab, Molly, trains for the marathons alongside her, while her husky-mix, Sawyer, prefers belly rubs and sleeping. She also enjoys cooking, cycling, reading, painting, and hiking with her husband.
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Roxanne Chase, Graphic Designer
During my fine art/architecture studies at the Cooper Union I took a summer job as assistant to the production manager and art director at a New York publishing firm. About a month into the job, the art director quit unexpectedly ... an act which catapulted me into a high-end commercial art career at age twenty. To survive crushing deadlines and my own ignorance, I enlisted the aid of New York’s finest illustrators, designers, photographers and copywriters. Four of these heroes adopted me, ferrying me to the shores of enlightenment through apprenticeships.
After our first child was born, my husband and I hopped a freighter for Greece where we summered in Santorini and wintered in Thessaloniki. I studied various painting techniques, eventually becoming a reverse-glass painter, as well as a partner in a creative workshop.
I came to the US in 1984 for the opening of an exhibit of my paintings at the Midtown Gallery in Washington, D.C. and settled in South Carolina where my parents and brother had recently relocated. Here I worked as a staff designer/illustrator for a local newspaper and founded a graphic design studio, Art á la Carte. Furman, a client, offered me a staff position in 2001.
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Brian Faulkenberry, Graphic Designer
Brian received his first degree (a BS in biology from Erskine College), ventured into the world of secondary education and, very, VERY shortly thereafter migrated to Charleston to try his hand at bridge building. In what he prefers to think of as a passion for education rather than a stunning lack of direction with his first attempt at college, Brian returned to school at the University of South Carolina where he earned a BFA in studio arts.
Brian comes to Furman from the freelance design world where he worked with clients as varied as the makers of a 1000 hp supercar and a manufacturer of hair care products for swimmers. Brian splits his time with USC, where he is an adjunct professor of design. He lives in Taylors with his wife, Amy, two exceedingly energetic dogs (Lilly and Charlie), and a 1700 pound, 80-year-old letterpress that seems determined to separate Brian from one or more of his fingers. And while he is pigeon-toed, he is surprisingly nimble.
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 Katherine Irvin, Graphic Designer
Atlanta native Katherine Irvin graduated from Georgia State University with a BFA in Graphic Design and minor in Art History. Straight out of school, Katherine jumped into her career in design and marketing at The Jones Group, working in Atlanta for clients like Coca-Cola, Georgia-Pacific, and Mohawk Industries. In her years in the design world, Katherine has managed and designed the gamut of print and web communications, from annual reports and corporate environmenal graphics to specialty invitations and identity work and branding. In 2007 Katherine uprooted and moved with her husband to Saint Louis where she joined the world of public relations in Fleishman Hillard's interactive department. At FH she worked predominantly on the design and development of AT&T internal and extranal websites and microsites. In 2008 she moved back to the sweet south and worked contract and freelance projects until joining Furman's Marketing and PR department in July of 2009. Katherine lives with her husband Owen, toddler Grey, and two cats in downtown Greenville. |
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 Carol Anne Winchester, Editor
Carol Anne is the editor of Engage magazine, Con Brio magazine, and a variety of other strategic print and web communications. She has been a member of Furman's marketing team since 2000. Prior to coming to Furman, she worked in several local advertising agencies in roles ranging from public relations manager to media planner and buyer.
Carol Anne received a BA from Furman and recently completed an MA in English Literature from Clemson University.
Now that her extended grad school stint is over, she has rediscovered the pleasure of reading only what she wants to. Other times, she enjoys cycling, cooking, watching the FOOD network, and thinking about the novel she would write—if she could just stop procrastinating. |
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