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About the Arizona Chapter

Our chapter is small, but we have a dedicated board of directors that is working hard to revive the Arizona chapter and build a community of professionals that share a passion for usability, design, and deeply understanding end users in order to build world class products. It is our vision that our chapter can become the hub of UX activity in our state and serve as a place where UX folks from a variety of disciplines can come to share experiences, network, and grow together.

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About User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) International

With the goal of becoming the authority source on usability, the UXPA was founded in 1991 to promote UX concepts and techniques. Today the group has international influence with chapters in over 30 countries and more than 2,400 members worldwide. It strives to help the world understand the foundations of usability by educating those who build a career in human centered design, and by bringing awareness to the tremendous value that UX brings to business.

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UXPA Arizona Board

Mary Formanek

Mary Formanek

Lead Director

UX/Product Designer at Octo Consulting – Mary was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She has been in the design industry for 11 years and has been a UX designer for the last 6 years. She graduated from the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 2016 with a B.A.

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in Graphic Design. Mary has been passionate about art, design, psychology, research and solving problems since she was a very young age. When Mary was introduced to the UX field, she realized that she could combine all of the things she is passionate about into one amazing career. Mary has completed a Masters in UX from the Neilson Norman group and has plans to continue her UX education at ASU. In her spare time, Mary writes articles about UX topics for the UX Collective on Medium, and has a popular UX account on Tik Tok (@UXwithMary) where she famously reviews websites and teaches UX principles. As the Lead director of the new UXPA Arizona chapter, she is looking forward to putting Arizona on the map as a one of the best UX communities in the world!

Jenniffer Whittingham

Jenniffer Whittingham

Events Director

Principal UX Designer at McKesson – Jenniffer Whittingham is a UX Designer with over 16 years of experience. She graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Interactive Computer Graphics and Design. Her career started at a design agency in Tempe, AZ then went to work for a Silicon Valley

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startup in the California Bay Area. She owns her own business and currently works for a Fortune 10 company in Scottsdale, AZ. Jenn’s has digital experience in SAAS software, e-commerce websites, web and native mobile applications. Design thinking and research is at the heart of everything she does. When Jenn is not working she is gardening, traveling and doing yoga. She has two daughters, one is following in her footsteps pursuing a degree in UX.

Teresa Hudson

Teresa Hudson

Media Director

UX/Product Designer at Octo Consulting – Teresa Hudson started out by tinkering with websites from the early age of 12. As the internet matured, her love for developing websites grew and she started a small business developing customized websites to

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help other small businesses market their products and services to the rest of the world. In 2012 she finalized her career path with a Bachelor of Science from DeVry University in Multimedia development with a minor in graphic design. After that she went on to work for companies large and small, including GoDaddy where she discovered UX and fell in love with it. In her free time, you’ll find Teresa reading, playing a game, or hanging out with her kids doing other nerd stuff.

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