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SNAPSHOTS
L.E.A.D Local Austin, whose participants include (from left)
SAGE Director of Information Services Dana Floyd; PPAI
Government Relations Manager Seth Barnett; Dave DeGreeff,
MAS ; BAG MAKERS, Inc. Regional Manager D’Anna Zimmer,
CAS; and PPAI Public Affairs Director Anne Lardner-Stone,
brought the message of an industry representing 78,000 Texas
jobs and $2 billion in revenue to the state capital.
L.E.A.D. Local Texas Takes
Industry’s Message To Austin
In March, PPAI joined with industry professionals for L.E.A.D.
Local Texas in Austin. L.E.A.D. Local is part of PPAI’s state-
level legislative outreach efforts to deliver the message of the
promotional products industry to state legislators. The group
met with 25 legislators and staff while in Austin, the most of
any L.E.A.D. Local event. During their time on the capital, the
group discussed Texas’ place in the promotional products
industry. Texas is home to the largest number of promotional
products industry professionals, with more than 78,000
employees statewide, and the industry generates more than $2
billion in annual revenue—roughly 10 percent of the industry’s
revenue nationwide. The group also noted that Texas compa-
nies represent the entire supply chain of the industry, from
importers to manufacturers to distributors.
Rep. Senfronia Thompson (center) met with Dave DeGreeff, MAS,
and Dana Floyd during PPAI’s L.E.A.D. Local event in Austin.
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(From left) PPAI Government Relations Manager Seth Barnett
plans the day’s meetings with Academy Advertising Specialties &
Awards’ James Donatto II, James Donatto and Erica Fowler
Foster, and SAGE’s Dana Floyd .
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