International Women’s Day is a global event that honors the accomplishments of women and promotes awareness about gender equality. The day was first observed in 1909 and has since become a momentous occasion to reflect on women’s progress in various fields of life, including business and society. Today, the business world celebrates International Women’s Day to acknowledge the strides women have made in the corporate sector. Some notable achievements in the package printing and consumer packaged goods industry include:
- Catherine Heckman, business director, North America, flexible packaging and narrow web, Bostik
- Nonie Creme, CEO and founder of BeautyGARDE, founder of Nonie Creme Colour Prevails, co-founder of Butter London
- Cynthia Frost White, president and CEO of Channeled Resources Group
- Michelle Garza, vice president of operations at Dantex Group
- Maggie Timoney, CEO of Heineken USA
- Michele Buck, president and CEO of The Hershey Company
- Lori Campbell, president of The Label Printers
- Maggie Timoney, CEO of Heineken USA
- Michele Buck, president and CEO of The Hershey Company
- Saskia Foley, CEO of Radius
These women are celebrated for their success, the barriers they’ve broken, and the paths they’ve paved for future generations of women leaders. They serve as role models, inspiring others to reach for their dreams and never settle for less.
To celebrate International Women’s Day in 2024, Packaging Impressions is launching a weekly poll about women in the workforce. Please participate in these polls throughout March, aka Women’s History Month in the United States, to help the Packaging Impressions community celebrate the incredible women who have changed the face of the label and package manufacturing world.
As editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions — the leading publication and online content provider for the printed packaging markets — Linda Casey leverages her experience in the packaging, branding, marketing, and printing industries to deliver content that label and package printers can use to improve their businesses and operations.
Prior to her role at Packaging Impressions, Casey was editor-in-chief of BXP: Brand Experience magazine, which celebrated brand design as a strategic business competence. Her body of work includes deep explorations into a range of branding, business, packaging, and printing topics.
Casey’s other passion, communications, has landed her on the staffs of a multitude of print publications, including Package Design, Converting, Packaging Digest, Instant & Small Commercial Printer, High Volume Printing, BXP: Brand Experience magazine, and more. Casey started her career more than three decades ago as news director for WJAM, a youth-oriented music-and-news counterpart to WGCI and part of the Chicago-based station’s AM band presence.