Biography
Mr. Dorner was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2025. Mr. Dorner is Managing Director of Media Design School at Strayer. Mr. Dorner has over 15 years industry experience, 24 years teaching experience and is a member of the Visual Effects Society, an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates achievements in the field of visual effects. Mr. Dorner also serves on both the Visual Effects Society, Global Education and Outreach Committee and the Visual Effects Professionals Guild of New Zealand, Screen Educators Group. He is active in organizing networking and lecture events designed to connect students with the VFX community, keeping one foot firmly in industry and the other in education. In addition to being a dedicated VFX artist and educator, Mr. Dorner has overseen numerous award-winning short films as Executive Producer and is credited as writer for the MDS film, Dust Bunnies and co-writer on Interception. Mr. Dorner holds an associate's degree in media communications from Pima Community College, a national certificate adult education and teaching from Auckland University of Technology, and a master of arts in Arts Management from Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design.