Patti Stracher of GLM Elected to Greeting Card Association’s Board of Directors
Patti Stracher, vice president of the White Plains, N.Y.-basedGLM, and show director of GLM’s National Stationery Show (NSS), was appointed to the board of directors of the Greeting Card Association (GCA) at its recently concluded 72nd Annual Conventionin Savannah, Ga.
Stracher joined GLM in 1989 and, prior to assuming her current role at the company in 2012, was the longtime show manager for the NSS, an annual trade show held each May in New York City. She also concurrently served as the Greeting Card Association’s executive vice president from January 2012, through July 2013, at which time the GCA’s management transitioned from GLM to the Washington, D.C.-based Bostrom. Stracher has long been active with the GCA; in fact, before joining GLM, she was director of communications at the GCA from 1986 to 1989.
“Working together to keep the greeting card industry healthy and thriving with other business leaders as a GCA board member is a true privilege,” states Stracher. “This appointment greatly complements my role as NSS show director, where delivering value to the industry is central.”
Others on the GCA’s board for 2013-14 include President Steve Doyal of Hallmark Cards, Inc.; Vice President Carlos Llansó of Legacy Publishing Group, Inc.; Treasurer Christy Kaprosy of American Greetings Corporation; Past President Susan January; as well as at-large executive committee members Jason Evans of Birchcraft Studio; Alan Friedman of Great Arrow Graphics; Steve Gimbelman of Designer Greetings, Inc.; Bob Harju of Pumpernickel Press: Andy Meehan of Christian Inspirations; George White of Up With Paper; plus board members Rick Ruffner of Avanti Press, Inc.; Amy Smyth of Amy Smyth Made It; Nicky Burton of Calpyso Cards; Brenda Turner of DaySpring Cards; Tom Otto of Exclusive Bordering Co.; Rich Lund of Fine Impressions; Andrea Liss of Hannah Handmade Cards; Sue Charlier of Independent Printing Co., Inc.; Glen Biely of The Madison Park Group; Doug Faust of Masterpiece Studios/The Occasions Group, Inc.; Katy Greenspan of Minted.com; Brad Cannaday of Neenah Paper; Ron Kanfi of NobleWorks, Inc.; Maryanne Day of Paper Magic Group; Sue Buchta of Papyrus-Recycled Greetings; Kathy Alpert of PostMark Press Inc.; Ray Hooper of Ray Hooper Design, LLC; Brian Virgona of Stationery Trendsmagazine; and Nicole Mercer of Universal Engraving, Inc.
About the Greeting Card AssociationThe Greeting Card Association, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the U.S. trade association serving the greeting card and social-expression industry. Founded in 1941, the GCA today represents nearly 200 American and international publishers from diverse businesses – ranging from young start-ups to established companies of all sizes, scopes and years in the industry – as well as suppliers that provide production services and product distribution at the wholesale level. Managed by Bostrom, the GCA is committed to celebrating, promoting and preserving the tradition of sending greeting cards.
