Char Hart is an experienced marketing project manager currently employed at SPIE since September 2011, overseeing marketing management within the Events Department and promoting SPIE conferences on national and international levels. Prior to this role, Char Hart operated Hart Creative as a graphic design consultant from January 2000 to August 2011, showcasing skills in graphic design, art direction, and client relations. As the creative director and partner at Wright, Hart & Mather, LLC from January 1994 to January 2000, responsibilities included client relations and the production of visual and written content. Char Hart's career began with the establishment of a design business, Hart Design, from January 1985 to January 1994, managing all aspects of operations, and with experience as a design consultant at Weyerhaeuser Company Design Group. Char Hart earned a BA in Graphic Design from Central Washington University between 1980 and 1984.
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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics
SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. The Society serves 257,000 constituents from 173 countries, offering conferences and their published proceedings, continuing education, books, journals, and the SPIE Digital Library. Over the past five years, SPIE has contributed more than $22 million to the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public-policy development.