Alumni Creatives C
alvert School alumni are leaders in every type of creative industry. Regardless of their artistic in-
clination, our alumni continue to shine in any capacity in which they work. It is no surprise that these creative pioneers received their foundation at Calvert which set the stage for their impressive journey.
Andrew Schapiro ’95 has built brands, teams, and products across industries, including in the publishing, conservation, and technology spheres. Andrew, a member of Calvert's Board of Trustees, recently joined Calm, an online mindfulness platform, as the company's first Executive Creative Director. Prior to Calm, he spent seven years at Airbnb during a period of rapid growth in which he started and grew a brand creative team, led an award-winning rebranding, and helped launch and steward Airbnb's mission and core values. In addition, Schapiro helped launch Airbnb Experiences, an e-commerce platform for hosts, and a print magazine whose distribution now exceeds that of nearly every other travel magazine. He left the company last year to pursue his own ideas, as he puts it, “at the cross-section of hospitality and community.” Andrew believes that great storytelling, design, and experiences can create moments of delight while developing deep, meaningful relationships between people and the world around them. He says he was a designer as early as his Calvert days. “I just did not know what design meant at the time. Back then, I designed and produced newsletters out of my bedroom for friends, family, and anyone who would read them, so it's no surprise that I still love print projects.” “My Calvert education has had a direct influence on my career. Being a designer and creative director requires more than creativity; it requires the ability to clearly communicate your ideas and advocate for the ideas of others.” Interestingly, Andrew often outlines ideas the same way he did for research projects at Calvert. “Though Apple Keynote has replaced posterboard, I see a clear connection
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between the way I handle a creative pitch and the way I presented in Twelfth Age.” Andrew lives in San Francisco with his partner and their dog, a retriever named after his favorite ski mountain, Alta. He has served on Calvert’s Alumni Board since 2018. For over 40 years, Allen Moore ’64 has been an independent filmmaker – producing, directing, photographing, and editing his 16mm documentary work. Throughout his professional career, Allen has served as a director of photography for several of Ken Burns’ historical films shown on PBS, including The Civil War, Baseball, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Mark Twain, and Horatio’s Drive. His continuous success has led him to receive multiple nominations: one in 1992 for an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature category for his cinematography on Wild by Law, two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement on the Ken Burns' series Baseball in 1995, and in 2000 Ric Burns’ American Experience series New York. He also earned a George Foster Peabody Award in 2002 for his impressive cinematography skills on the Nebraska ETV/ American Experience Program Monkey Trial.
