Caroline Warner Hightower
| Caroline Warner Hightower | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 22, 1935 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pomona College |
| Known for | Arts Executive |
| Notable work | AIGA Journal, AIGA Library, AIGA Educational Committee, AIGA chapters |
| Spouse(s) | John Brantley Hightower. 1963; Divorced 1983 |
| Awards | AIGA Medalist |
| Website | Aiga.org |
Caroline Warner Hightower (born 1935) is an American arts executive, consultant, and former executive director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).
Caroline Warner Hightower was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts where her father, Lloyd Warner, had a joint appointment at Harvard in the Department of Anthropology and the Harvard Business School. Her family moved to the Hyde Park neighborhood in [Chicago]] when her father became an associate professor of social anthropology at the University of Chicago. She attended Northwestern University and Cambridge University (England), and in 1958 graduated from Pomona College.
From 1958-1976, Hightower worked at the University of California Press as a graphic designer, then moved to New York where she worked as an editor for McGraw Hill and The Saturday Review, and as a grant officer at Carnegie Corporation, where she was involved with the development of Sesame Street as a consultant. During this period she was also an editorial consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The State University of New York and the United Nations.
Hightower was hired as executive director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) in 1977. Under her leadership, the organization became a nationally recognized organization for the design community. She is credited for initiating AIGA chapters in 38 cities, increasing income to $2.3 Millon from $215,000. She initiated programming that grew membership from 1,200 to 11,300 by introducing the AIGA journal, the annual, a national biennial design conference, the AIGA library and archives, and the AIGA Education Committee, and oversaw the purchase of the AIGA headquarters building at 164 Fifth Avenue in 1991.
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