Professional Resources

Organized in 1948, TAGA is the only global professional technical association for the graphic arts industries. TAGA, which has over 300 individual members worldwide, also maintains the industry's best permanent set of technical papers and abstracts. TAGA serves the CTO, CIO, and R&D management personnel of printers, publishers, and premedia companies, as well as engineers and scientists employed by graphic arts systems and equipment providers, ink manufacturers, and paper manufacturers. TAGA focuses on graphic arts systems, software, and computer technology developments, as well as the more traditional areas of press, ink, and paper engineering applications. The association also provides guidance and support to its 12 active student chapters around the world, including chapters in Canada, France, Sweden, and Taiwan. TAGA's Annual Technical Conference provides students opportunities to participate in several competitions as well as an opportunity to meet prospective employers.

Mission: To provide a worldwide forum for sharing and disseminating theoretical, functional and practical information on current and emerging technologies for Graphic Arts print production and related processes.

Technical Association of the Graphic Arts 

TAGA
Printing Industries of America
200 Deer Run Road
Sewickley, PA 15143-2600
Phone: 412-259-1706
Fax: 412-259-1765
For general information, please send inquiries to: taga@printing.org

TAGA Officers

President
Dr. Don Duncan
Director of Research
Wikoff Color Corporation
1886 Merritt Road
Fort Mill, SC 29715
Tel: 803-805-8385
Email: don.duncan@wikoff.com
www.wikoff.com
(term expires 2015)

 Executive Vice President
David Niles
Sappi Fine Paper North America
89 Cumberland Street
Westbrook, ME 04092
Fax: 207-856-3739
Email: david.niles@na.sappi.com
(term expires 2015)

Vice President, Technical Papers
Dr. Alexandra Pekarovicova
Western Michigan University
A-231 Parkview, CEAS, PCI
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5462
Fax: 269-276-3501
Email: a.pekarovicova@wmich.edu
(term expires 2014, 2^nd term)

Vice President, Membership and Publicity
Udi Arieli
Director, Digital Workflow and CIM Solutions
EFI, Inc.
Columbia Centre III
9525 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 725
Rosemont, IL 60018
Tel: 847-671-6140
Email: Udi.Arieli@efi.com
(term expires 2015 1^st term)

Vice President, Education
Dr. Martin Habekost
Associate Professor
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3
CANADA
Tel: 416-979-5000 x 6951
Email: mhabekos@ryerson.ca
(term expires 2014 2^nd term)

 Secretary/Treasurer
Ragy Isaac
Quality Director, Goss International Corporation
235 Bridle Path Circle
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Tel: 815-999-2479
Email: Ragy.Isaac@gossinternational.com
(term expires 2015, 1^st term)

Immediate Past President
Paul Cousineau
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
US Route #1 & Ridge Rd.
P. O. Box 300
Princeton, NJ 08540-0003
Tel: 609-520-4868
Fax: 609-620-7206
Email: paul.cousineau@dowjones.com
(term expires 2015)

TAGA Board of Directors 

Term expires in 2014 

Brian Lawler
Assistant Professor
Graphic Communication Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California 93407-0381
Fax: 805-756-7118
Email: blawler@calpoly.edu
1^st term

William Li
Color Technology Manager
Eastman Kodak Company
4225 Kincaid Street
Burnaby, BC, V5G 4P5
CANADA
Email: william.li@kodak.com
1^st term

Erwin Widmer
Managing Director
Ugra
Lerchenfeldstrasse 5
St. Gallen CH-9014
SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41 71 274 76 10
Fax: +41 71 274 76 63
Email: widmer@ugra.ch
2^nd term

Dr. Yu-Ju (Mandy) Wu
Appalachian State University
Assistant Professor Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology
Department of Technology and Environmental Design
120 Katherine Harper Hall
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
Tel: 828-262-7984
Email: wuy@appstate.edu
1^st term

Term Expires in 2015

Dr. Liam O' Hara
Clemson University
G-01 Tillman Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-1353
Fax: 864-656-4808
Email: lohara@clemson.edu
1^st term

John Seymour
Principal Engineer – Research
QuadTech
N64 W23110 Main Street
Sussex, WI 53089-3230
Tel: 414-566-7853
Email: John.Seymour@quadtechworld.com
2^nd term

Dr. Yung-Cheng Hsieh
Professor and Dean
Department of Graphic Communication Arts
National Taiwan University of Arts
59, Section 1, Ta-kuang Road
New Taipei City, Pan-Chiao District 22058 
TAIWAN
Fax: 886-2-8969-7515
Email: ych@ntua.edu.tw
2^st term

Term expires in 2016 

Douglas W. Bousfield
Professor
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
Email: bousfld@maine.edu
Tel. 207-581-2300
1^stterm

James J. Mauro
Print Business Consulting Services
1059 Treadstone Lane
Powder Springs, GA 30127
Email: james.mauro@comcast.net
Tel. 770-330-8640
1^stterm

Tim Payne
Gateway Packaging Company
20 Central Industrial Dr
Granite City, Illinois 62040
Email: tpayne@gatewaypackaging.com
Tel. 618-219-4429
1^stterm

Clarence Penge
Heidelberg USA
1000 Gutenberg Dr
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Email: clarence.penge@heidelberg.com
Phone: 770-419-6658
Mobile: 678-488-8392

Cory Sawatzki
Director of Print Technology
Consolidated Graphics
5858 Westheimer, Suite #300,
Houston, TX  77057
Email: csawatzki@cgx.com
Tel. 713-481-9246
1^stterm

Staff

Managing Director
Dr. Mark Bohan
Printing Industries of America
200 Deer Run Road
Sewickley, PA 15143
Tel: 412-259-1782
Email: mbohan@printing.org

Administrator
John Bodnar
Printing Industries of America
200 Deer Run Road
Sewickley, PA 15143
Tel: 412-259-1706
Email: jbodnar@printing.org

Conference Assistant
Elise Cohen
Printing Industries of America
200 Deer Run Road
Sewickley, PA 15143
Tel: 412-259-1713
Email: ecohen@printing.org