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SGIA Reveals 2017 Board of Directors

SGIA has announced its 2017 board of directors, helmed by new Chairman Rich Thompson of Ad Graphics. Additional new members include:

• First Vice Chairman Edward Cook, ECI Screen Printing;
• Second Vice Chairman Thomas Cooper, WestRock Merchandising Displays;
• Third Vice Chairman Scott Crosby, Holland & Crosby;
• Debbie Anderson, GM Nameplate;
• Steve Hatkevich, American Trim;
• Lane Hickey-Wiggins, Douglass Screen Printers;
• Brian Hite, Image Options;
• David Landesman, Lawson Screen & Digital Products;
• Laura Maybaum, Nazdar;
• Toren Prawdzik, Photo Evo;
• Timothy Saur, Durst;
• And Mike Wagner, Butler Technologies.

Returning members include:

• Associate Vice Chairman James Gill, Fujifilm Dimatix;
• Christopher Bernat, Vapor Apparel, in his new role as secretary;
• Pete Gallo, Vista Color Imaging, in his new role as treasurer;
• Sheila Caddell, Alabama Graphics & Eng Supply;
• Terry Corman, Corman Synergy;
• Tom Davenport, Motion Textile;
• Dean DeMarco, IDL Worldwide;
• Scott Fisher, Fisher Textiles;
• Kevin Gazdag, KSK Visual Ingenuity;
• And Scott Schinlever, EFI.

Immediate Past Chairman Hoddy Peck, Meisel, and Chairmen’s Advisory Council Tim Markley, Markley Enterprise, will also maintain spots on the board.

Adrienne Palmer

Adrienne Palmer is the editor-in-chief of Big Picture and Screen Printing magazines. She joined Big Picture magazine in 2012 after graduating from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism with a BA in magazine journalism. During her time with Big Picture, she has held the roles of assistant editor, associate editor, and managing editor; she added sister publication Screen Printing magazine to her resume in 2019. She is a 2019 Folio: Top Woman in Media; spearheads Big Picture's annual Women in Wide Format Awards and Best of Wide Format Awards as well as Screen Printing's annual Women in Screen Printing Awards; is on the board of Printing United Alliance's Women in Print Alliance and the U.N.I.T.E. Together diversity and inclusion program; hosts the Screen Saver podcast; and represents the Big Picture and Screen Printing teams at numerous industry events year-round as a speaker, moderator, and panelist.