Awards

Winners of 2021 Women in Wide Format Awards Recognized in Virtual Ceremony

Congratulations to the six winners of the sixth annual Women in Wide Format Awards. This recognition is received by six female leaders who have advanced the wide-format digital print industry through their innovation, vision in spearheading successful businesses, and philanthropy. Watch the recording of the live virtual awards ceremony from Oct. 7, 2021, above.

The six winners of the Women in Wide Format Awards were chosen by Big Picture’s Editorial Advisory Board, comprised of 18 industry experts. All women were nominated by third parties, including colleagues, employees, vendors, and other industry observers. Nominators highlighted their candidates’ leadership, forward thinking, experience, community involvement, mentorship, awards, certifications, and more. The Women in Wide Format Awards are sponsored by Kongsberg, HP, Mimaki, and Trotec.

Congratulations to the following winners:

Courtney Barvels: Engineering Manager, Olympus Group, Milwaukee

Carol Covington: Owner/Art Director, Blow Up Lab, San Francisco

Kristi Duvall: VP of Sales, The Box Maker, Seattle

Gina Kazmerski: President, Image 360 Woodbury, Woodbury, Minnesota

Kristin Lanzarone: President, WrapStar Pro, Sacramento, California

Candice Mauro: VP of Operations, Rileys, Calgary, Alberta

Adrienne Palmer

Adrienne Palmer is the editor-in-chief of Big Picture and Screen Printing magazines. She joined Big Picture magazine in 2012 after graduating from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism with a BA in magazine journalism. During her time with Big Picture, she has held the roles of assistant editor, associate editor, and managing editor; she added sister publication Screen Printing magazine to her resume in 2019. She is a 2019 Folio: Top Woman in Media; spearheads Big Picture's annual Women in Wide Format Awards and Best of Wide Format Awards as well as Screen Printing's annual Women in Screen Printing Awards; is on the board of Printing United Alliance's Women in Print Alliance and the U.N.I.T.E. Together diversity and inclusion program; hosts the Screen Saver podcast; and represents the Big Picture and Screen Printing teams at numerous industry events year-round as a speaker, moderator, and panelist.