At the highly anticipated Counselor Awards banquet, held on the evening of July 13, during the ASI Show in Chicago, ASI gave two of its prestigious annual awards to Canadian natives. Kathy Cheng, the founder and president of Toronto-based Redwood Classics Apparel (asi/81627), was named this year’s Supplier Woman of Distinction. For the full article, click here for the link
CHICAGO, IL –Kathy Cheng, our fearless leader and champion of North American manufacturing, has been selected as the recipient of the ASI Counselor 2016 Supplier Woman of Distinction Award. The winners, voted by ASI members and editors of ASI's Counselor magazine, recognize outstanding individuals and companies in seven categories. The winners represent the top entrepreneurs, small-business leaders and CEOs in the $21.5 billion advertising specialty industry.“This business has given our family and extended family of craftspeople so much,” said Kathy Cheng, Founder and President of Redwood Classics Apparel. “Receiving an award like this – alongside our industry’s best and brightest – is incredibly motivating. My team and I will continue to break the glass ceiling and work toward levelling the playing field...