Our Employee Spotlight series was created for this 85th anniversary year to tell the unique stories of our employees and celebrate the difference they make at Walsworth and in their communities.
Each Employee Spotlight celebrates the heart of our business: people. The people who build strong relationships, support their communities and make Walsworth a wonderful place to be.
Click one below to read an Employee Spotlight.
Yvonne was attracted to the printing industry by her grandfather. He worked in the printing industry which made Yvonne curious to learn more.
She loves that her job is interesting and there is never a dull moment.
As a yearbook sales representative in the Chicago area, Mary Slater gets to help students and advisers all over the area preserve their memories.
Sallie Buck has worked at Walsworth her entire career. Sallie enjoys that feeling of satisfaction in offering the guidance and encouragement that helps customers make sound decisions.
In Vance’s 30 years working at Walsworth, she enjoys expecting the unexpected in her position. According to Vance, you never know what tasks to expect from day to day.
Willie Schmitt keeps his family tradition alive by joining Walsworth’s customer support team. Between his father, grandfather, aunt, brothers and sister, his family has worked at Walsworth for over 100 years.
As Yearbook Sales Assistant, Emily Sink works with sales reps and managers all over the country.
According to Sink, no two days look the same as she deals with helping address the needs of yearbook reps in a variety of different situations.
As a traffic coordinator in the shipping department, Jeanie Ford ensures our customers receive their product in a timely manner. In previous departments, she operated as a press clerk, CSR assistant, and worked in scheduling.
Lori Garcia is currently in her 10th year as a yearbook sales rep for Walsworth, and she couldn’t see herself doing anything else.
She loves helping schools achieve their yearbook goals and representing her home city of El Paso.
As a Cover Prep Technician, Debbie Shiflett loves that, on a daily basis, she gets the chance to work with Walsworth’s yearbook schools to assist them in bringing their fun and creative ideas to the printed book and making them a reality.
Dawn Jahnke works in our Ripon facility and has the important job of ensuring that customer files are “up to snuff” for the presses.
She loves the Ripon community and that working at Walsworth has allowed her to maintain a home there.
For more than 20 years, when Walsworth employees need to make business travel plans, there’s only one person they call. Airfare, hotel, rental cars – Angie Warner makes it happen.
But there’s much more to her Walsworth story! Read it all here.
Walsworth’s Elana Sacino considers herself a “yearbook lifer” who has helped create nearly 500 books during her career.
Working as a sales rep, Sacino gets to live out her dream every day.
Matt Martiny loves that feeling when he finds the solution to a particularly difficult bug. He calls the feeling he gets a “code high.”
He also loves working with his team at Walsworth.
As a yearbook Computer Support Specialist, Linda Frakes loves working with schools to help them with their yearbooks “from start to finish.”
During her 25-year Walsworth career, Linda has also worked in the Bindery and Desktop, and she loves the variety of print products Walsworth creates.
As an Estimating Coordinator in Saint Joseph, Mary Zech works as a liaison between the estimators and sales reps, helping to process quote requests.
This summer will be Mary’s four-year anniversary with Walsworth, enjoying her six-minute commute to work each day – an amazing number since she used to travel six hours roundtrip each day for a job!
Roger Greer has worked for Walsworth-Ripon for nearly 25 years in a variety of capacities.
Away from work, Roger is a man of many interests – kayak fishing, camping, cooking, dressing up on Halloween.
Accounting’s Renita Terry took a job with Ovid Bell 43 years ago, back when she thought Ovid was a telephone company!
But her career in printing has taken her from the Mailroom to the Bindery and Shipping Departments and on to Accounting. Read more of her story…
Get to know Darryl Niemeier, an “everywhere man” type of guy, who over the course of his 43-year career has operated just about every kind of machine the company has needed him to run.
From Letterpress Operator to Bindery Supervisor to the Cover Department, Niemeier has done a bit of it all. And enjoyed every minute of it.
