I am currently at the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland where I have some of my artwork on display, and was also sharing my perspective on art, design, technology, and creativity in a few of the panel sessions. It was the first time I was able to present myself as “President Elect” of RISD and I found a great deal of support there from all corners of the world and across academia, corporations, and individuals.

Since the recent announcement of only a month ago that I would succeed RISD President Roger Mandle in June 2008 as the 16th President of RISD, I have been blogging with the RISD community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni one.risd.edu on an internal blog; this blog here as our.risd.edu is designed to be external facing, and I will be regularly posting here my various perceptions of RISD and its relation to the world at large as I travel along the road to becoming president. I have so much to learn, and am grateful to all the people that have stepped forward in the RISD community to help me wear RISD eyes. I see better day by day.