Idealliance Announces New 2016 Officers and Directors from Across the Media Supply Chain
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—January 4, 2016—Idealliance is pleased to announce the election of its 2016 officers and board of directors. The new slate of officers and five new directors, comprised of international leaders from across the media supply chain, will lead the organization of more than 1,600 companies serving nearly 10,000 member professionals in its continued vision of advancing innovation in the global media supply chain.
“I am excited to accept the gavel of Idealliance as its 2016 chairman. It has been a privilege to work with so many fine companies, thought leaders and dedicated association staff during my 10-year participation with IPA and Idealliance,” remarked Marriott Winchester, executive vice president of SGS International and incoming Idealliance chairman of the board. “The graphic communications industry has expanded services and evolved dramatically over the past few decades. Belonging to an industry association that has kept pace with change and supports its members in repositioning their companies for success, is one of the smartest investments any company can make.”
Newly elected Idealliance officers for 2016:
- Board Chair—Marriott Winchester, executive vice president, SGS International
- Vice Chair—Dick Ryan, vice president of sales and marketing, Publishers Press
- Treasurer—Neil Johnson, vice president, technical solutions and support, Fujifilm North America
- Secretary—Dino Pagliarello, director, product marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions
- Past Chair—Joe Duncan, senior vice president, group executive producer, retail production, Arc & Leo Burnett
Idealliance transitions the board each year with new leadership to ensure a continued responsiveness to changing industry dynamics. Newly elected Directors for 2016:
- Thomas Carroll, executive vice president of human resources, government and postal affairs, RR Donnelley
- Mary Day, senior vice president, director of print production, Energy BBDO
- Traci Lucien, vice president, Print Center, AARP
- Meghan Milkowski, vice president, production and circulation, Prometheus Global Media
- Frank Rubino, solutions director, MarkLogic Corp.
"The Idealliance board of directors continues to provide visionary leadership for the organization to support its mission of crafting best practices, advancing standards, and certifying people, processes, and systems to achieve the highest levels of performance in graphic communications," stated David Steinhardt, Idealliance president and CEO. "We look forward to continuing to support our members in innovating the media supply chain, capitalizing on their expertise with ink-on-paper in an omni-channel world.”
The 2016 Idealliance Board of Directors:
- Hye-Jeong Ahn, managing director, Graphics World (Korea)
- Thomas Carroll, executive vice president of human resources, government and postal affairs, RR Donnelley
- Joe Cha, president, Hipzone
- Mary Day, senior vice president, director of print production, Energy BBDO
- Daniel Dejan, North American ETC print and creative manager, SAPPI Fine Paper
- Neil Johnson, vice president, technical solutions and support, Fujifilm North America
- Stephen Kauffman, chief technology officer, BlueSoftware LLC
- Traci Lucien, vice president, Print Center, AARP
- Meghan Milkowski, vice president, production and circulation, Prometheus Global Media
- Dino Pagliarello, Konica Minolta Business Solutions
- Laura Reid, vice president, production, Hearst Magazines
- Frank Rubino, solutions director, MarkLogic Corp.
- Dick Ryan, vice president of sales and marketing, Publishers Press
- Joe Schick, vice president of postal affairs, Quad/Graphics Inc.
- Joan Solà, executive vice president, chief global markets, Zinio LLC
- David Steinhardt, president and CEO, Idealliance
- Marriott Winchester, executive vice president, SGS International
For more information, please contact Steve Bonoff at sbonoff@idealliance.org, or call (952) 896-1908.
About Idealliance
Idealliance is a global community of more than 1,600 brand owners, agencies, publishers, premedia and print service provider companies, and their material suppliers and technology partners. The not-for-profit industry association provides media creators and technology communities the opportunity to collaborate to craft best practices, advance standards, and certify people, processes, and systems to achieve the highest performance in creation, production and delivery of graphic communications whether in print or on mobile platforms.
Source: Idealliance.
