(Watch Cary Sherburne’s interview with the leadership team here.)

Since the merger between PIA and SGIA, and the subsequent departure from PRINTING United Alliance (formerly SGIA) of the printing industry Affiliates, we have been following their progress as an important support infrastructure for the industry. With the Affiliates model, the goal has always been a group of local organizations that cooperate on a national level. Now that the Affiliates have been independent for almost a year, we checked in with the leadership team to see how things were progressing.

The first notable piece of news is that, for the first time in the history of the organization, the top leadership team is all female: Teresa Campbell is the Operating Committee chair, Melissa Jones is First Vice Chair, and Christine Hagopian is Second Vice Chair. In addition to their Operating Committee role, they are also Presidents of their local Affiliate organizations: PIA Mid America, GAA, and PINE, respectively.