PGSF Announces Board of Directors for 2022-2023 Term

The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF), a nonprofit organization working to build the future workforce of the graphic communications industry through educational scholarships, announced new appointments to the PGSF board of directors.

The 2022-2023 board consists of thirty-one members representing the diversity of the graphic communications industry, including IT, communications, equipment manufacturing, publishing, education, and finance, as well as trade associations and commercial printers.

Foundation Chair, Jules VanSant, shared, “We welcome ten new board appointments and look forward to adding their energy and expertise to the board and our commitment to PGFS’s mission. It’s very exciting to work with such accomplished and dedicated professionals. We’ve made incredible progress since the Foundation’s inception in 1956, having passed the $12 million endowment fund mark in 2021 and in 2022 awarding over $550,000 in scholarships coupled with $100,000 in grants pledged to educators and institutions.

VanSant adds, “Our board members that are completing their tenure will be missed. Their contributions have moved PGSF forward and the entire board extends their appreciation and recognition of the valuable and devoted service to the Foundation and its goals.”

The exiting board members are:

Amela O’Gorman         2017 - 2022

Rod Sosa                         2013 - 2022

Joseph Schember        2013 - 2022

Bill Michael                    2013 - 2022

Doug Yeager                 2013 – 2022

The 2022-2023 PGSF Board of Directors includes the following members:

John Berthelsen           Retired

Theresa Campbell       PIA Mid America

Chris Curran                 NAPCO Media, PRINTING United Alliance

Jessica Curran             SLCC

Judy Durham                Finseca

Rick Frank                     Quad Graphics

Nick Gawreluk              Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG

Ray Hartman                Consultant

Stephanie Hill               HP

Frank Kanonik              Intellective Solutions

Jessica Kastello          Lakeside Book Company

Jon Krueger               Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia

Todd Luman                 Interprint

Ken Macro                    Cal Poly

Frank Mallozzi              EFI

McKenzie Munson      The John Roberts Company

Brian Regan                  Talent Acquisition Professional

Stephan Richards        Richards Graphic Communications

Peter Schaefer             New Directions

Ted Straus                    Suttle-Straus

Emily Swanson            CGS Oris | Americas

Andrea Tancredi          The Imagine Group

Heidi Thompson          AcePR

Walter Vail                    Yakich Group

Jules Van Sant             Bubble & Hatch

Matt Vertrees               Olympus Press

Dan Wilson                   Accrediting Council for Collegiate Graphic Communications

Niels Winther               Think Patented

Cindy Woods                The CMO Team

Ed Young                       Heidelberg

Source: PGSF 

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