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Frank Stillo
Sandy Alexander Inc.
Chairman & CEO
Italian
2001 Recipient

With the possible exception of Gutenberg’s invention of printing with ink on paper, and Ben Franklin’s pioneering of the printing industry nearly 300 years later, there have been few people as devoted to, and instrumental in the development of modern commercial printing as Frank Stillo. As Chairman and CEO of Sandy Alexander, Frank has built a business that is currently the single largest independent up-scale commercial printing organization in the country.

Born in Calabria in southern Italy in 1934, Frank migrated to the United States in 1948. After graduating from Brooklyn and New York City Technical College, where he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Graphic Arts Student of the Year” award, and serving in the Korean War, Frank began his career in the commercial printing industry. Frank, along with Hal Fogel, his devoted friend and business partner who died in 1994, eventually co-founded Carnival Press in 1968. At Carnival, they installed the first commercial half-web offset press in Manhattan, and introduced a largely unconvinced upscale clientele to a new and still unproven technology. In 1975, Frank merged Carnival Press with Sandy Alexander in order to capitalize on the synergy that the two successful operations could provide, and became CEO of the new organization. In 1983, as a result of continued growth, and with the objective of further developing the web market, Frank recognized that Sandy had outgrown its New York City facility, and relocated the company to Clifton, New Jersey. Over the next ten years, Frank continued to grow the business with the addition of three more web presses, and the acquisition of key strategic businesses, including a Florida facility that brought in-line finishing capabilities to Sandy Alexander. Today, Sandy Alexander continues to lead the industry with sales over $125 million.

In addition to his efforts at Sandy Alexander, Frank has been a tireless leader for the printing industry. In 1992, Frank was recognized by the City University of New York as a Gamma Epsilon Tau “Gold Key Award” recipient. In 2000, Frank was inducted into the Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame, and in 2001, he received the Association of Graphic Communication’s Power of Communication Award. For nearly 15 years, Frank has been actively involved with the Web Offset Association of the Printing Industries of America, where he currently serves as President. Frank is also the President of the Metropolitan Lithographers Association, which represents 20 metropolitan New York area union printing companies. In this position Frank is responsible for negotiating the collective bargaining agreements between the member companies and the local unions, and is the trustee of the union’s S&A and pension funds. Frank has also served as the President of the Litho Club of New York, chairman of the Labor Negotiating Committee, and has been active in the international Graphic Arts Education Association..

Beyond the printing industry, Frank had served on numerous corporate and civic boards. In 2001, Frank was honored by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) as a recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Frank is a former chairman and current director of the Good Samaritan Foundation for Better Health. Under Frank’s leadership, the “Good Sam” foundation has raised millions of dollars for much needed equipment and services for the benefit of the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York. In addition, Frank is an on-going and generous supporter of many local and national charitable organizations, including: The Leukemia Society of America, The March of Dimes, United Hospice, The Boy Scouts of America/Good Scout Program, The Newark Archdiocese, The Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers, and CYO.

Frank and his wife Ana have been married for 37 years, and have two sons, Nicholas and Peter.

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