Chair Jules VanSant Welcomes Third Term

(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 grants, is pleased to announce new appointments to the PGSF board of directors.

The 2022-2023 board consists of thirty 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 third-term 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. We’ve made incredible progress since the Foundation’s inception in 1956, having passed the $12 million endowment fund mark and awarded over $550,000 in scholarships to 200 talented men and women pursuing graphic communications careers. It’s very exciting to work with such accomplished and dedicated professionals.

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 include the following members:

• John Berthelsen Retired
• Theresa Campbell PIA Mid America 
• Chris Curran Napco Media
• Jessica Curran SLCC
• Judy Durham Finseca
• Rick Frank Quad Graphics
• Nick Gawreluk Taylor Corporation
• Ray Hartman Consultant
• Stephanie Hill HP 
• Frank Kanonik Intellective Solutions
• Jessica Kastello Lakeside Book Company 
• John 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 VanSant 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