EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Rebecca McInroy believes everyone deserves access to meaningful conversations that help us build community and understand the human experience.

She's an award-winning producer, journalist, and host for public radio and podcasts, with over 20 years of experience creating audio content that connects people to ideas, innovations, and intellectual communities around the globe. She serves as Executive Producer of SEE YOU NOW, a Johnson & Johnson and American Nurses Association podcast that spotlights nurse-led healthcare innovation while providing free continuing education credits.

Her current slate includes creating and hosting American Compassion with FindHelp.org—a documentary exploration of America's social safety net—and producing Two Guys on Your Head, a beloved psychology podcast that appears in academic curricula and leadership training programs. Her academic journey took her from anthropology in Iowa to archaeology in Israel to journalism in Greece, before she found her home in public radio and earned her master's in Media Studies from UT Austin.

Even as a child, Rebecca was creating radio shows on cassette tape, and during seven years of international travel and study, she continued recording everything from lectures to marketplace conversations, using those recordings to craft her first radio documentaries. Her mission remains unchanged: creating social and audio experiences that deepen human connection and inspire new ways of seeing and being.

She's thrilled to develop Creativity is the Job of the Future with Doreen and Michael, sharing stories of how some unexpected people are the most creative beings on the planet.

Follow Rebecca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccamcinroy

HOST & CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST

Michael Baker creates space for incredible people to do their best work at the intersection of education, research, industry, and creativity.

He's spent over two decades building high-impact teams at the bleeding edge of interactive media and higher education. In 2017, he joined the University of Texas at Austin to develop the Arts and Entertainment Technologies program into what's now recognized as an era-defining model of creative technology education. Now serving as Department Chair, he's steered the program's evolution while building an incredible community of faculty, staff, and students converging on a shared vision for the future.

In 2023, Michael founded the Lab for Immersive Media (LIM)—a paradigm-shifting research and teaching lab focused on spatial interactive technology and next-generation storytelling. The lab features real-time motion capture, ten-channel spatial audio, and large-scale video projection, creating what he calls "a possibility space" for human-scale research and novel immersive experiences.

Before academia, Michael spent 20 years in the gaming industry, working on projects ranging from indie games to major licensed properties like Star Wars and Alien, plus industry standard technologies like the Bullet Physics Framework that powers countless films and games.

Michael believes deeply in challenging himself and empowering others. Whether running ultramarathons in the Arctic Circle, exploring the world with his family, or building cutting-edge technologies, he brings his whole self to everything he does. He regularly shares insights about creative technology education and industry on LinkedIn, documenting lessons learned from the frontiers of creative technology and life experience.

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlchaelbaker/

HOST & DESIGN INDUSTRY LEADER

Doreen Lorenzo knows creativity isn't just about great ideas—it's about making them happen.

She's spent decades leading global design firms, advising Fortune 100 companies on innovation, and championing creative thinking as the ultimate power skill. In 2017, she became Assistant Dean of the University of Texas at Austin's School of Design and Creative Technologies—a powerhouse collaboration between design and technology disciplines.

She spent 16 years at frog design including seven years as president, where she led the iconic firm through explosive growth and global expansion. She also served as president of Quirky, co-founded the mobile insights firm Vidlet, and regularly writes for Fast Company and Medium. Before joining UT, she ran the Center for Integrated Design and now serves on multiple boards while advising startups.

Her secret weapon? Empathy. Her leadership style is human-first, impact-focused, and built on the belief that design is a team sport where interdisciplinary collaboration yields the best outcomes.

Doreen’s academic training, with a masters in communication and media studies from Boston University and a bachelor's degree in theatre from SUNY Stony Brook, was the perfect preparation for leading creative chaos with grace.

Follow Doreen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doreenlorenzo/