Specialties Bindery — A Cinderella Story

At that time, Mark Lee was named president and Brenda Slacum became operations manager. Two years ago, she was promoted to COO—perhaps making her the only woman in the country to head a trade bindery operation.

"It was a natural progression for me. I started in the MIS department eight years ago," Slacum explains. "I oversaw the MIS department and provided analysis on what direction each department needed to go, which sort of evolved into overseeing operations."