Quadracci Wins Soderstrom Award; Twelve Inducted into Honors Society

Joel Quadracci of Quad Graphics was the honored recipient of the 56th annual Walter E. Soderstrom Award at the gala Soderstrom Recognition Dinner in the Tuscany Room of the Orlando Ritz-Carlton on Saturday, Sept. 24.

Long noted as one of the industry’s most celebrated events, the dinner once again provided a perfect opportunity for recognition of the best of our industry and an evening of fellowship for friends new and old from throughout the industry. During this year’s program, a dozen industry leaders were also honored with induction into the prestigious Idealliance Soderstrom Society.

“We were delighted to present the 2016 Soderstrom Award to Joel Quadracci,” says David J. Steinhardt, President and Chief Executive Officer of Idealliance (Booth #1009), the new association formed through the recent merger of Idealliance and Epicomm. “Joel’s career is evidence of his exceptional commitment to the advancement of our industry and makes him a very deserving recipient of our highest honor for industry service.”

Quadracci is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Quad/Graphics, Sussex, Wis., a company founded by his father in 1971. Joel joined the company in 1991 and held a variety of sales and strategy roles before joining the Board in 2003, becoming President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006, and adding the Chairman title in 2010.

He radically transformed the company in 2010 when he took it public and directed the acquisition and integration of World Color, creating North America’s second largest provider of print, digital, and related media services. Joel also directed the purchase of three Mexican plants from Canada’s Transcontinental Inc. in 2011, the purchase of Vertis in 2013, and the acquisition of Brown in 2014, and he led the company’s geographic expansion into Asia through a strategic partnership with Manipal Technologies, India’s largest print services and end-to-end business solutions provider.

Leaders Inducted

Twelve industry leaders, representing a broad and diverse cross-section of the graphic communications industry, were inducted into Idealliance’s Soderstrom Society during ceremonies at the gala event this year. The Soderstrom Society is an honors association named for Walter E. Soderstrom, one of the founders of NAPL, an Idealliance predecessor association.

The Society recognizes the contributions of professionals whose careers have advanced the graphic communications industry and its members include representatives of every facet of the industry, from printers, mailers, and marketers to suppliers, educators, consultants, and journalists.

“Over the years, Soderstrom Society members have made many significant contributions to evolve and grow our industry. Membership in the Society is clearly a mark of industry service, accomplishment, and distinction,” notes Steinhardt. Following were members of the Soderstrom Society Class of 2016:

• Frances Cicogna, Manager of Business Development and Segment Marketing, Production Solutions Group, Canon USA, Melville, NY
• Summer Gould, President, Eye/Comm, Inc., Santee, CA
• Jackie Hudmon, Senior Vice President, New Business Development, Komori America Corporation, Rolling Meadows, IL
• Catherine Monson, Chief Executive Officer and President, FAST SIGNS International, Carrolton, TX
• David Murphy, Worldwide Director of Marketing and Business Development, PageWide Web Press Division, HP, San Diego, CA
• Dino Pagliarello, Vice President, Product Management and Planning, Konica Minolta, Ramsey, NJ
• Laura C. Reid, Vice President of Production, Hearst Magazines, New York, NY
• Diane Romano, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hudson Yards, New York, NY
• Dick Ryan, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Publishers Press, Shepherdsville, KY
• Frank Tueckmantel, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, EFI, Fremont, CA
• Debra Thompson, President, TG & Associates, Tucson, AZ
• Marriott Winchester, President, sgsco Americas, Louisville, KY

“We take great pride in being able to add these outstanding industry executives to the list of eminent men and women who have made the Soderstrom Society the industry’s most illustrious organization for more than half a century,” notes Ken Garner, Idealliance Executive Vice President and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Epicomm.

To learn more about the Soderstrom Award and Society or about the programs and services of the new Idealliance, visit Booth #1009, or go to www.idealliance.org, call (703) 837-1070, or contact [email protected].