Artist, graphic designer, computer scientist, and educator John Maeda is president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and was previously Associate Director of Research at MIT Media Lab. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Sonos. Named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire, Maeda received the AIGA Medal in 2010, and his art is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.