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
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