Ford Bowers is CEO of PRINTING United Alliance. Ford has been in the printing industry since 2004, having worked in the flexographic, screen, and offset segments in various capacities. He began as a flexo plate maker assembling color keys and going on press checks. Just prior to becoming the CEO of the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) in January 2016, he worked as vice president and general manager of the Graphic Center at Miller Zell in Atlanta. Since 2016, he has overseen the merger of SGIA with Printing Industries of America (PIA), Idealliance, and NAPCO Media to create the largest and most comprehensive member-based association in the graphics arts in North America. He continues to further the organization’s initiatives for all printing communities served by the Alliance through its unparalleled training, education and certification programs, government and regulatory affairs, health and safety, research and economics, leading publications, and events, including the most exciting three days in print each year — the PRINTING United Expo.