Design organizations run on their members’ good will, hard work, strong programming and fervent commitment to the cause of their disciplines. Active boards and committees—volunteers, all—are invaluable resources. But without an exceptional executive director, that energy cannot be sustained. It is the full-time director who, as members transition on and off the boards, is the single constant, the glue that holds the mass together—and ensures that mass does not turn into mess.
For four decades Carol Wahler has been the director at the helm of the Type Directors Club in New York. That is a record tenure in anyone’s book—for any art and design organization, institution or club. Four decades collaborating with rotating presidents, vice presidents, board members, and rank and file. Through it all she was the beloved face and trusted manager (and sometime ringmaster) of TDC across good years and bad. From stasis through change. From cold type to digital type eras. She made sure the events, conferences and galas ran without hitch, that unique ideas were promptly executed, that old traditions were remembered, and that the legacy of TDC was (and is) promoted far and wide around the world.
Carol has now handed off her TDC director’s tiara after 42 years, and to celebrate this milestone and her remarkable history of community building, she is being honored tonight, Feb. 11, at an event at the TDC/One Club offices.
Deep thanks, Carol, for giving your very best to everyone involved with type, typography and all things TDC.
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