2009 Printing Industry Hall of Fame: The Industry Stage

Green hopes she has left a positive impression on the people she has touched; a role model for those who believe that words are fine, as long as they're validated by actions. But being a role model for young women to follow her footsteps into the industry? Not necessary, Green says, pointing out that her daughter Blaire—in her second year in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's printing and graphic communications degree program—is part of a shifting trend. About 65 percent of the printing and graphic communications program's incoming class is female.