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Article: New chief executive for combined GATF/PIA Group. (Current Events).(Michael Makin; Graphic Arts Technical Foundation and the Printing Industries of America)(Brief Article)
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- Graphic Arts Monthly
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Michael Makin has been appointed chief executive of both the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF), Sewickley, Pa., and the Printing Industries of America (PIA), Alexandria, Va. His election, announced June 26, is effective August 1.
Makin, who had served as president of the Canadian Printing Industries Association from 1995 through 2000, was named chief operating officer of PIA in January 2001, and was promoted in November 2001 to executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Career in association work
A native of Montreal, Makin began his association management career in 1986 at the Canadian Construction Association (CCA). Over the ...