Bean Town Business Builder

To get the TLMI organization more centrally located, the headquarters was moved from Iowa City to Naperville, a suburb of Chicago, during his tenure as president. In addition, he recruited and hired Frank Sablone to run the TLMI as executive director.

Bankson lists Cobery's work to strengthen the relationship with Labelexpo as a major accomplishment for the TLMI. He renegotiated the contract with Tarsus that will keep the TLMI as a co-sponsor of Labelexpo through 2012.