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FEATURE
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Celebrating Leadership Excellence
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ou might think that after receiving
virtually every PPAI award, from
the 2011 Woman of Achievement Award
to the 2012 PPAI Distinguished Service
Award to the inaugural H. Ted Olson
Humanitarian Award in 2012, Margie
Price, MAS, president of St. Louis,
Missouri-based distributor Premiums
Plus, Inc. (PPAI 107727) might
expect
to
be inducted into the PPAI Hall of Fame.
But you’d be wrong.
Price says, “ is is the epitome
of awards. When I’m long gone, my
name is still going to be there, leaving
a footprint in PPAI’s history, and our
industry’s history for that matter. I’m
not sure how I feel about it. I don’t
know that I deserve it. When I believe
in something and I love something, I
participate. I’ve known so many people
over the years whom I’ve worked with
that I think should be in the Hall of
Fame and I wonder why I am there
because I think I pale by comparison.
I love that I’m going in, but I still don’t
quite believe it. It’s all very surreal.”
Shortly after PPAI made its Hall of
Fame announcement this past summer,
Price received a congratulatory call
from her friend and 2009 Hall of Fame
inductee Jo-an Lantz, MAS, COO of
Geiger. Price asked Lantz when the
reality of being inducted into the Hall of
Fame sank in, and Lantz told her that it
was after the ceremony when she went
onstage with former inductees and
realized that she was now part of that
group. “Maybe then, I’ll get it,” Price says
of the upcoming presentation at e
PPAI Expo. “But it means so very much to
me. Other than my family and my faith, I
don’t think anything else can top it.”
Price’s contributions to PPAI and
the industry as an active member and
devoted volunteer over the past 26
years are legendary. In 2004, she served
as chair of the Promotional Products
Education Foundation (PPEF) and
she was instrumental in the creation
of the rst Women’s Leadership
Conference in 2005, chairing the
event in 2008 and 2009 and serving
as an advisor in 2010. She worked
collaboratively to help develop the
Women’s Leadership Conference Grant
program that was introduced in 2012.
Price also served on the PPAI Board of
Directors twice—once as the Regional
Association Council (RAC) delegate
from 2001-2003 and again as a director
from 2005 to 2009. During her time
on the board she chaired many board
committees, including the End Buyer
Task Force in 2006, the Governance
Task Force in 2008 and subcommittees
of the Leadership Advisory Committee
from 2010 to 2011. She currently serves
on the PPAI Government Relations
Action Council and is a ve-time
Legislative Education and Action Day
(L.E.A.D. attendee.
At the regional level, Price has also
THE POWER OF
THE PERSONAL CONNECTION
PPAI Hall of Fame inductee Margie Price, MAS,
built industry success one interaction at a time.
by
Julie Richie
Margie with her husband, Herschel.
“Other
than my
family and
my faith, I
don’t think
anything
else can
top it.”