After 31 years of service to the printing industry through NAPCO Media and PRINTING United Alliance, Dave Leskusky has announced that he will retire at the end of 2026, concluding a distinguished career defined by leadership, growth and an enduring commitment to the industry and its people.
Leskusky’s career has been shaped by his ability to listen closely to the market, recognize emerging opportunities, and build products and initiatives that address the industry’s evolving needs. Throughout that journey, he has worked alongside talented colleagues and partners who helped transform not only the organization, but also the industry it serves.
His career began in 1995, when he joined NAPCO Media selling classified advertising for Printing Impressions magazine in a highly competitive publishing landscape that included respected brands such as Graphic Arts Monthly, American Printer, Quick Printing, and the Blue Books. At the time, he could hardly have imagined where that first position would lead.
Seven years later, Leskusky was promoted to Publisher, and in 2013, he was named President of NAPCO Media. In 2019, he played a key role in NAPCO Media’s sale to SGIA. The subsequent combination of SGIA, NAPCO Media, Printing Industries of America, and Idealliance helped create what is today PRINTING United Alliance, the largest and most robust member-based printing and graphic arts association in North America.
Over the past three decades, Leskusky and his colleagues navigated some of the most consequential periods of change and disruption in the industry’s history. Through it all, the organization remained resilient — adapting, expanding, and evolving to meet the needs of the marketplace. It launched new initiatives, pursued a strategic mergers and acquisitions strategy, broadened its portfolio of products, media brands, and events, and ultimately helped build an organization that serves as a trusted resource and advocate for the entire printing industry.
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