SAWAKO AGRAVANTE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Sawako was raised under the tropical sun and surrounded by pristine, emerald ocean of Okinawa, Japan. To this day, nature and animals are her teachers. Sawako values respect and honor for all creatures – she is pictured with Bodhi, one of her Shelties.

Power of visual art intrigues Sawako. She started drawing obsessively as a young child, and her career spans 30+ years as a graphic designer, specializing in typography and print design. She was a former Senior Graphic Designer for the City of Irvine for 25 years.

Sawako has a Fine Arts degree from UC Irvine. She feels blessed to work as CVG's Creative Director to help clients communicate with their audience via graphic design. 

As a lifelong artist and musician, Wendy is addicted to creativity, the multitude of sounds the keyboard provides,
and is hopelessly drawn to the colors orange and turquoise. Rampant creativity is balanced by the desire for organization with a small peppering of “geekiness.” Attracted to so many muses – gardens, décor, jewelry, painting, sound; virtually anything that involves design and creation provides fodder for eye-catching marketing design for print and digital media. She spends her free time paddling, walking, photographing anything interesting, and making silver jewelry. 

Wendy has an M.F.A. in Fine Arts and taught 2-dimensional design at the university level as it applies to marketing and the psychology of good design. She was a former director of the Irvine Fine Arts Center which features galleries, working studios, and arts events, and contributed to marketing efforts for Irvine's quarterly publication Inside Irvine and the signature annual event Irvine Global Village Festival. 

JASON SHIELDS
PHOTOGRAPHER/WEBMASTER

MARCIE GONZALEZ
PHOTOGRAPHER