PRINTING United Alliance appoints Josh Carruth joins as Apparel Community MD

25 August 2021: PRINTING United Alliance, the leading printing and graphic arts association in USA has appointed apparel industry veteran Josh Carruth to Managing Director, Apparel Community.

In this role, Carruth is responsible for the growth and support of all apparel-related programs and membership initiatives at PRINTING United Alliance. Carruth will oversee the Apparel Zone, a working microfactory on the show floor at PRINTING United Expo, which takes place 06-08 October 2021 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, USA.

“We are thrilled to have attracted the talent and experience of an individual like Josh who has had incredible success in his career working with the apparel decoration community,” says Dave Leskusky, President of PRINTING United Alliance.

“Josh brings vision, creativity, and strong relationships with this community which align with our values to support the health and growth of the industry. We are excited to welcome Josh to help build upon one of the key communities upon which SGIA (now PRINTING United Alliance) was founded.”

Carruth previously worked with Emerald Expositions for 16 years in various roles, including senior portfolio director, tradeshow director and operations manager, supporting the company’s sales and events departments. He was responsible for leading brand strategy and profit and loss management across all media/events within the portfolio while driving profitable event and media growth and acting as a conduit to the audience and vendor experience both on-site at trade shows and year-round.