About
the Studio

Since 1983, Jan Carpenter Tucker has owned and operated J.L. Carpenter Design, a certified woman and minority business enterprise (WMBE). This graphic and environmental design studio has served clients in retail, high technology, business-to-business, healthcare, community-based and nonprofit organizations. The studio’s emphasis is on print and web media with a special focus on branding and marketing communications. She has designed, edited and published several books for various authors through her company, Night Star Publishing.

Carpenter Tucker has taught classes and seminars on marketing, design and art at various schools, businesses and community organizations. She is an avid spokesperson on racial/ethnic diversity, presenting in schools, churches and the media.

Standard
of Excellence

Jan Carpenter Tucker was listed in the 1985 “Outstanding Young Women of America” and has received awards of excellence and honor for her design work, the most recent being the 2001 Edward L. Bernays Award of Excellence in the Public Service Programs category from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), San Diego Chapter.

A National Honor Society member in high school, she attended United States International University in San Diego and Columbia College in Chicago before receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) in Graphic Design and her Master of Arts degree in Environmental Design from San Diego State University. She has also trained professionally in filmmaking, ballet, modern dance and theater, and completed courses in leadership, supervision, business entrepreneurship and conflict management.

Affiliations
& Involvement

Carpenter Tucker is currently a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and a District Advisory Council representative for Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) through the San Diego Unified School District. She has served on several boards of directors and advisory boards, including Waters of Jordan Enrichment Center, the Black Infant Health Program of San Diego County, Community Film Workshop of Chicago, International Association of Business Communicators, Art & Soul (Education and Outreach) and the Urban League of San Diego County Equal Opportunity Awards Dinner. She co-founded and held various offices in IMAGE (a San Diego-based interracial family group), and co-founded its national group, the Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA). She has served in numerous leadership capacities for her church and condominium association.