Caroline Warner Hightower

Caroline Warner Hightower (born 1935) is an American development and fundraising consultant and former executive director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).[1][2]

Early life and education

Caroline Warner Hightower was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her family moved to the Chicago area where her father, Lloyd Warner, was an anthropologist at the University of Chicago.[1]

Career

Hightower was executive director of AIGA from 1977 to 1995. Under her leadership the organization became a nationally recognized organization for the design community. She initiative programming that grew membership from 1,200 to 11,300 by introducing the AIGA journal, the annual, a national biennial design conference, the AIGA library, and the AIGA Education Committee.[1]

After her departure from AIGA, she works as a program development and fundraising consultant in New York.[1]

She received the AIGA Medal in 2004.[1]

Personal life

She married John Brantley Hightower.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Caroline Warner Hightower". AIGA | the professional association for design. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  2. ↑ Laufer, David Calvin (2012-12-14). Dialogues with Creative Legends and Aha Moments in a Designer's Career. New Riders. ISBN 9780133137996.
  3. ↑ "WEDDINGS; Miss Hightower, Mr. Redling". The New York Times. 1994-06-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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