About the Triangle UXPA

The Triangle UXPA was founded in 2006 and is the North Carolina Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill chapter of the User Experience Professionals Association. We are focused on building and supporting the local community of practitioners who craft great user experiences — which include interaction designers, visual designers, information architects, content strategists, and user researchers.

Executive Council

Your 2026-2027 Triangle UXPA Executive Council & Board of Director officers are:

President	Ioan Opris
Treasurer	Don Sugar
Secretary	Lori Langdon
Co-Directors of Memberships and Sponsorships	Carl Turner (open role)
Co-Directors of Events	Josh Janieck Danielle Braxton
Co-Directors of Community, Mentorship and Students	Devanshi Thakkar Ulka Patil
Co-Directors of Marketing and Communications	Swati Sachdeva (open role)
Co-Directors of Social Media	Megan Brown (open role)
Co-Directors of Volunteers	(open role) (open role)
Co-Directors of Social Impact	Courtney McNair Astrid Flores

Learn about the Executive Council offices.

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Here is an updated short presentation with our history:

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UX Y'all

The 2027 Co-Chairs are:

Angelina Garcia

Ioan Opris

Keith Green

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board consists of corporate sponsors and academic advisors in the Triangle region. The Board sets direction, provides feedback, and helps keep Triangle UXPA aligned to the needs of the Triangle UX community.

The 2026 Advisory Board members are:

Khaliah Cothran, PhD - Manager of User Experience, SAS, Cary NC
Melissa Eggleston - Principal Service Designer, The College Board
Janey Barnes - Human Factors Specialist and Principal, User-View, Inc., Raleigh NC
Caleb Furlough, PhD - UX Research Director, Truist, Raleigh NC
Leslie Hinson - Head of UX Research, Red Hat, Raleigh NC
Laurel Ruel - Associate Professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media, UNC Chapel Hill, Associate Professor (Affiliate), School of Information and Library Science

Mission

TriUXPA will build a community for established and aspiring UX professionals by

facilitating the delivery of training, knowledge sharing, and career development opportunities,
working internally to ensure continuity and maintain an organization that is financially sound,
and by partnering with sponsors, members, and external organizations

in a spirit of connection, collaboration, inclusion, and mutual support.

Events

The core activity of Triangle UXPA is holding great events to bring people in the community together, and disseminate information and practices related to user experience work. Events include:

Professional development courses
Community learning events
Social events

Read our Code of Conduct for expectations of all members, attendees, speakers, and sponsors.

Some of speakers we've hosted include:
Dan Klyn (2018), Jim Kalbach (2017 & 2009), Karen Holtzblatt (2017), Donna Lichaw (2017), Susan Weinschenk (2016 & 2018), Abby Covert (2016), Adam Connor (2015), Jeff Patton (2015), Jason Cranford Teague (2014), Whitney Quesenbery (2014), Tomer Sharon (2012), Carol Barnum (2012), Jeff Gothelf (2012), Josh Clark (2012 & 2011), Leah Buley (2010), Edward Tufte (2009), Ginny Redish (2009), Deborah Mayhew (2008), Todd Zaki Warfel (2008).