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Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation Announces New Board of Directors

Matt Vertrees has been elected new PGSF chair.

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6 months ago

November 16, 2023

(PRESS RELEASE) PITTSBURGH, PA — The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF), a nonprofit organization working to build the future workforce of the graphic communications industry through educational scholarships and grant funds, announces new appointments to the PGSF board of directors.

The 2023-2024 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.

A new Executive Committee was nominated and approved at the PGSF Board Meeting held October 19, 2023. Matt Vertrees, Owner, Olympus Press in Seattle, Washington was elected the new PGSF Chair for initial term ending 2025. He replaces Jules Van Sant who is stepping back into the position of interim Vice Chair.

“I am honored to take the reins as the new Board Chair of PGSF and am committed to ushering in a new era of talent in the printing industry,” shared Vertrees. “Together, we will ignite the presses of possibility and empower the next generation of print professionals to make their mark on this dynamic field.”

The new PGSF Executive Committee is:

Chair, for initial term ending 2025 – Matt Vertrees, Olympus Press
Secretary, for initial term ending 2025 – McKenzie Munson, The John Roberts Company
Treasurer, for initial term ending 2025 – Nick Gawreluk, Print Profit
Vice Chair, for initial term ending Spring 2024 – Jules Van Sant, Bubble & Hatch
New Board Member Jim Rosenthal with PDC Graphics was nominated and approved.

The 2023-2024 PGSF Board of Directors include the following members:

John Berthelsen | Retired
Theresa Campbell | PIA Mid America
Chris Curran | Napco Media
Jessica Curran | St. Petersburg College
Judy Durham | Finseca PAC
Rick Frank | Quad Graphics
Nick Gawreluk | Print Profit
Ray Hartman | Consultant
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 | Independent Consultant
McKenzie Munson | The John Roberts Company
Brian Regan | Talent Acquisition Professional
Stephen Richards | Richards Graphics Communications, Inc.
Jim Rosenthal | PDC Graphics
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

About PGSF

The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation is a not-for-profit, private, industry-directed organization that dispenses assistance to talented youth interested in graphic communications careers and pursuing education at technical colleges and universities. The mission of PGSF is to promote the graphics industry as a career choice for young people and support them through their education process.

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