Matt Vertrees elected new PGSF Chair

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, is pleased to announce 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