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 2024-2025 Triangle UXPA Executive Council officers are:

President	LaTosca Goodwin
Treasurer	Don Sugar
Secretary	Angie Halsmer
Membership & Sponsorships	Meg Beauregard
Events	Amrut Dagade Carl Turner
Community, Mentorship and Students	Jamal Cromity Daniel Fkorez
Marketing & Communications	Laura Cunningham Valery Morales-Pasten
Volunteers	Sana Behnam
Social Media Director of Social Impact	Julie Monjanel-Townsend Jessica Taylor
UX Y'all 2024 Co-Chairs	Eric Blumberg Caleb Furlough Ingrid Towey

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Here is an updated short presentation with our history:

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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).