20-40 Visionaries — Young Turks Set the Pace

Laura Lawton-Forsyth, 36
President, Lawton Printing, Spokane, WA

Laura Lawton-Forsyth has seen the statistics, those that point out that family businesses often fail as they are handed down from one generation to the next. She certainly has no intention of letting that happen under her watch.

“I’m the fourth generation to run Lawton Printing,” she notes. “We’ve got almost 100 families depending on the success of this business, and I’ve got a huge responsibility to our employees and their families to make this succeed. I can’t do it on my own, but I can be a driving force to make sure we’re doing everything we can to make this a successful business.”