James C. Woodall
President and Chief Executive Officer, Communicorp, Inc.

James Woodall is responsible for all Communicorp administration and operations, to include the Columbus and Atlanta facilities.

A native of Columbus, Georgia, James attended local area public schools, and received his BBA from Columbus State University, Abbott Turner School of Business. Prior to joining the company in 1990 as Vice President, Operations and Marketing, he served as president and chief executive officer of The Print House, Inc., a Communicorp affiliate. He has over thirty years industry experience.

Mr. Woodall is a past member of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries, and The Boy Scouts of America. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Communicorp, Inc., the Aflac Federal Credit Union, the Muscogee County Juvenile Drug Court Advisory; is a Trustee of the Youth Orchestra of Columbus and a member of the Steering Committee for Columbus State University’s Friends of Art.

Marcia Bonsell
Vice President, Production, Communicorp, Inc.

Marcia Bonsell began her printing career in 1968 in New York. In 1977, she moved to Florida to continue learning the trade and expanded her abilities from technical to management.

In 2001, Marcia joined Communicorp as Plant Operations Manager and has been instrumental in the reorganization and streamlining of processes involved in the prepress, press, finishing and shipping area. She has also overseen equipment purchases that have created numerous operational efficiencies. Marcia has created a training program to aid talented craftspeople in reaching their full potential and has spent many hours working with Aflac in the development and implementation of vendor compliance for their launch of a bar coded WMS system. Marcia further evaluates and recommends equipment upgrades that generate throughput efficiencies to better service Communicorp’s customer needs.

Marcia received a BBA degree with honors in Management from Columbus State University. She also holds an AA Degree, Liberal Arts and an AS Degree, Business Management from Indian River Community College. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. She is a certified volunteer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She also actively participates in Relay for Life, March of Dimes, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and Toys for Tots..

Elizabeth W. Dahlin
Vice President, Controller, Communicorp, Inc.

Elizabeth W. Dahlin is Vice President of Communicorp, Inc., and serves as a member of its Board of Directors. Elizabeth oversees the accounting/financial functions of the company, its information technology needs and the operations of the merchandise division. She also provides client interface in contractual development and negotiations.

She has more than 15 years of experience in accounting, commercial real estate development, and investments. Elizabeth graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and earned the certified public accountant designation in 1981.

Elizabeth formerly served as a Certified Neuro-educational Consultant with the National Association for Child Development, working with Autistic children and others, with a wide array of developmental abnormalities.

Howard Reiney
Vice President, Creative Services, Communicorp, Inc.

An experienced, award-winning designer who efficiently produces inventive, yet practical solutions, Howard Reiney heads the Communicorp design departments in both our Atlanta and Columbus facilities. With over 30 years of experience in the print and creative industry, Howard has been first-hand witness to the significant technological advances throughout the industry.

As Creative Director, Howard oversees our in-house design staff, as well as freelance artists and writers and continues to personally design for a select, diverse list of clients. He is the recipient of numerous ADDY and PIAG Awards, as well as other print and design honors.

Howard’s personal time is spent with his family, gardening and the pursuit of his passions – sketching and watercolors.

In addition to his career in graphics, Howard is a Viet Nam veteran and attended both Columbus High School and Columbus State University.  

Susan South
Vice President, Business Development, Communicorp, Inc.

Susan South, located in the Atlanta office, began her career at Communicorp in 1984 and has served in the areas of meeting planning, corporate products and merchandise sales. Susan was promoted to Vice President of Merchandise Sales for the Atlanta Operations of Communicorp in 1998 and was elevated to her present position in 2006. She has provided continuous growth for Communicorp in corporate gifts, branding, program development and retail catalogs for a variety of Fortune 500 companies.

Susan’s client experience and product knowledge has provided many opportunities to develop and refine her merchandising expertise. Her passion of product development has created numerous relationships with artisans and manufacturers outside of the traditional promotional products arena. Susan contributes her success to her co-workers, customers and vendors -- who have provided projects that allow unlimited creativity with documented results.

Susan attended Georgia Southern University and Bauder College.

W. Dean Thompson
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Communicorp, Inc.

Responsible for all corporate sales and marketing activities, Dean's focus is on the promotion to its customers of Communicorp's core competency; the ability to deliver an effective marketing message to the right person at the right time.

Prior to joining Communicorp, Dean owned a successful commercial print/communications firm in Burlington, NC. Distinguished for visionary ideas, his firm was recognized as an early adopter of technology and use of innovative methods to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. He sold the company to one of the US Top 100 Printers.

Dean also has extensive one to one marketing experience, having studied and employed its methods and strategies for many years. He has consulted on numerous one to one marketing projects including engagements with companies such as Johnson & Johnson and various commercial printing firms wishing to capitalize on this marketing strategy. Dean is currently consulting and directing various marketing projects for Aflac that will utilize one to one marketing and variable data printing to communicate with customers, associates and employees.

Dean has undergraduate degrees in Economics and in Business Administration from Elon University in North Carolina and received his MBA with honors, from Regis University in Denver, Colorado.

Bobby Ammons
Senior Manager, Merchandise Operations, Communicorp, Inc.

Bobby graduated from Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi with a BS in Accounting. After holding several positions in college administration, he came to Communicorp in 1993 as Financial and Administrative Manager of the Atlanta office. He has been instrumental in structuring our internal and external Internet presence, and currently manages the overall operations aspect of our Merchandise Division.

As Director of e-Commerce Programs in 2006, he provided critical leadership in standardizing customer website planning, implementation and maintenance projects. Bobby developed Communicorp’s database sales projection methodology and reporting mechanism, and facilitated our network systems and Telecom management. The management of all Program Sales and Fulfillment operations continues to be part of Bobby’s responsibilities. He has been involved in over 30 internal and external website projects and continues to provide project management skills at several levels within the company.

Bobby is an avid fisherman, a home improvement enthusiast and is heavily involved in the music ministry of his church.

Tom Coker
Senior Manager, Pre Press Operations, Communicorp, Inc.

Beginning in 1972 as a camera operator, Tom, began working with color in the production of 4 color process direct screening separations. He was originally trained in the art of re-touching color negatives at the Dupont training facility in New York and the AGFA School in Atlanta. Becoming a journeyman 4 color process film assembler in 1980, he continued to work in the family owned business of supplying printing companies with high quality color separations and color proofs. Working directly with firms such as Southern Living Magazine, and several major advertising agencies, Tom soon became the lead scanner operator and color retoucher. In 1990, Tom moved into sales and later served as Vice President of what had evolved into the premier color separation company in the Southeast.

Prior to joining Communicorp, Tom was the manager of print operations at Lee Printing in Dalton, Ga. where he set up the color scanning operations for textile scanning and color correction, overseeing production of computer to film printing for several large carpet mills.

Since joining Communicorp, Tom has supervised the creation of the Digital Photography department, the installation of the computer to plate system and the remodeling and streamlining of several premedia departments. Under Tom’s direction, Communicorp has developed into one of the most efficient, state-of-the–art printing companies in the country. Utilizing the latest in color management, Communicorp’s all digital workflow emphasizes the fingerprinting of printing presses to ink jet proofing devices, computer monitors used in page assembly and remote digital proofing stations via the Internet.

Tom Harris
Senior Manager, Production Services, Communicorp, Inc.
 
Recently, Tom accepted leadership of Communcorp’s Aflac Customer Service Department. This department provides order entry, coordination, and billing functions to Aflac, Communicorp’s parent company and largest print customer. This assignment is additional to his oversight of estimating, job planning, purchasing, and inventory control functions. He utilizes broad knowledge of the MIS system and reporting software to provide company management with information about operations and costs.

Tom began his printing career in Atlanta, Georgia and has over 30 years of print experience. He worked for several commercial printers in Atlanta as an artist, illustrator, estimator, and production manager. At Communicorp, Tom has served as Art Director, Manager of Planning and Scheduling, Print Shop Manager, and more recently Director of Production Services.

Tom holds a BFA degree from the University of Georgia. He attended the Ruskin School of Drawing at Oxford University, England, for graduate study in 1975. With a love of drawing, he has mounted one man shows in Athens, Stone Mountain, and Atlanta, Georgia.

Butch Thomas
Senior Manager, Production, Communicorp, Inc.

Butch Thomas has over 28 years experience in several aspects of   print production. Butch’s printing career began in 1978 at Howard Printing where he gained experience in the pressroom, bindery, warehouse, and shipping and receiving.

In 1984 Communicorp acquired Howard Printing, a locally-owned commercial printing company. In 1989 Butch attended Heidelberg Training in New York. Butch’s press skills and leadership abilities offered him promotions to 4-color press operator, 6-color press operator (or Senior Press Technician) producing award-winning collateral for Aflac and a variety of Communicorp’s commercial customers. He was promoted to Press Supervisor in 1991 and Press Manager in 1997. Butch also oversees Communicorp’s bindery operations with his 2006 promotion to Senior Manager, Production.

Butch has seen many changes in the pressroom, including manually-operated presses replaced by computer controlled presses. He has researched new equipment, traveling to Heidelberg and Dresden, Germany, and Copenhagen, Denmark. His recommendations contributed to the recent purchases of Communicorp’s current state-of the art presses.

Butch is an active HOG member (Harley Owner’s Group). His charitable activities have benefited many groups such as Toys for Tots, the Diabetes Association Ride for Life, March of Dimes, and The American Red Cross.

David Williams
Senior Manager, Support Services, Communicorp, Inc.

David Williams joined Communicorp in late 2006 as Manager of Human Resources. He came to this position with over 20 years of HR experience, having previously served as HR Manager, Safety Manager and Director of Benefits for major manufacturing companies in Columbus, Georgia. David holds both a BS Ed and an M Ed from Columbus State University. He was promoted to his current position in December 2007, and is responsible for leading the Human Resources, Facilities and Quality Assurance departments of Communicorp. David is also charged with implementing Lean Manufacturing techniques in our organization.

David’s basic philosophy for the Human Resources function is one of customer service. Putting this philosophy into practice has enhanced the working experience for Communicorp employees and achieved recognition by PIA/GATF as one of the “Best of the Best” companies to work for in the Best Workplace in the Americas contest for 2007.

David is Chairman of the Trustees for his church, and has served on the board of Partners in Education, the Manufacturers Committee for Columbus Technical College. He is also a member of the Society for Human Resources Management..