Todd received his BFA in Communication Design from Kutztown in 1993 and completed his MFA at Tyler School of Art in 2000. Prior to graduate school, he was a designer and then creative director at a small design/ad firm in suburban Philadelphia. He worked for clients that ranged from financial services firms such as Smith Barney and Travelers — now Citigroup — to retail stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s, Kohls and Boscov’s and large multinational corporations such as GE and Exxon. In addition to teaching, Todd actively freelances, engaging in a diverse range of projects, including assisting in the editing of a documentary film, package designs for a gourmet ice cream start-up, developing corporate identities, designing and producing websites and animating motion graphics.