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[senior vice president of sales at
Fields Manufacturing]—she set
an example of professionalism.
When I got this award she sent
me a card. It should be the other
way around because she is
inspirational,” Dobsch says. “We
traveled together. I always found
when there was a trade show, I’d
always want to spend time with
[Sue] because it was always time
well spent. She was professional.
She always took the high road.”
Family And Friendships
Re ecting on what she’s most
proud of accomplishing in her
life, she immediately points to her
family—her husband, Bob, and
two children, Jacob and Laura.
“[Bob and I] got married at 21 and
we’ve beenmarried for 38 years.
As he says, since I travel somuch,
he’s onlymarried 50 percent of the
time so it works great!” she laughs.
Jacob works at e Chest as West
Coast sales manager and Laura
works outside the industry selling
medical equipment. Recently,
Laura’s daughter, Grace, was added
to the family.
But Dobsch is also proud of
what she’s accomplished in the
industry. “ e Chest has a great
reputation and I’mvery proud of
that. But I think what’s evenmore
important is the friendships. You
don’t just work in this industry.
It becomes your family/friend
network. And that’s something I
think is just priceless,” she says.
“Where else do you travel with
your competition and talk about
best practices and what you should
be doing, and those people are
your friends? I don’t think you nd
anywhere else that can happen,”
she adds.
Dobsch encourages everyone
in the industry to consider
volunteering because “it’s themost
rewarding thing you can ever do.
When you’re volunteering you’re
hanging around with the best
people in the world and you get so
muchmore back.”
DeGree sums up some of the
main reasons why Dobsch was
chosen as this year’s PPAI Woman
of Achievement. “I believe on
re ection that Mary’s greatest gift
is to be able to show empathy,
fairness, kindness to everyone, no
matter if they are friends, family,
customers or colleagues …Mary
Dobsch is de nitely quali ed for
theWoman of the Year Award, but
she could also win as Person of
the Year.”
Julie Richie is associate
editor for PPB.
Dobsch
encourages
everyone in
the industry
to consider
volunteering
because “it’s the
most rewarding
thing you can
ever do.”
Ma r y Dobsch
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