Packaging Strategies has announced its 2025 Women in Packaging honorees, recognizing professionals whose diverse backgrounds and experiences are shaping today’s packaging industry. This year’s theme, “Seizing Opportunities, Pushing Boundaries,” highlights how these leaders are driving progress and redefining possibilities across every sector of the field.
Denise Lu, Vice President of Global Packaging Coatings at PPG, put it in a nutshell when she offered her advice to young women starting a career in packaging: “Think big and start small. Go beyond the boundaries of your job description and look for opportunities to learn across functions. Ask for new challenges. Stay curious, agile and willing to step outside your comfort zone. Those qualities open doors to unexpected opportunities.”
Sabrina MacDonald, currently Innovation Project Manager at Saica Pack, knew nothing about corrugated packaging or boxes when she joined the company.
After two years, Sabrina became a fully-fledged National Development Centre (NDC) designer at Saica Pack and set about learning as much as possible when she had time, such as
shadowing the creative team and taking over the maternity cover role of a lab technician. When the lab technician didn’t return after her leave, Sabrina picked up her role as part of her job.
Like Sabrina, Nancy Colbert MacDougall, CEO at Colbert Packaging, was relentless in learning whatever she could during her early days in the industry. Colbert Packaging was founded by her father, Charles (Bud) Colbert, in 1959.
“At that time, more women were entering the workforce while also raising families, but when I joined Colbert, I was one of very few women working in the folding carton industry,” Colbert MacDougall notes.”
Colbert Packaging has now been women-owned and operated for more than one-third of its 66-year history. In 2024, the company became a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) company.
Also recognized by Packaging Strategies this year are Melissa Bosnyak, Product Manager at Videojet Technologies; Sarah Marshall, Interim Senior VP at NOVA Chemicals; Elizabeth Rhue, VP and GM at Sonoco North America; and Ayla Wolk, Business and Design Manager at Veritiv.
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