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I’m Ben Markens, based in Springfield, Massachusetts, with over 35 years of experience in strategic planning and management. As the President and CEO of The Markens Group Inc. and the Paperboard Packaging Council, I have honed my leadership skills and developed a deep understanding of the association industry. My expertise encompasses business strategy, marketing, and team building, which I leverage to drive growth and efficiency for organizations. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in History from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where I laid the foundation for my analytical skills. I am passionate about guiding associations toward success, ensuring they have a powerful voice in their respective industries.

Experience

  • The Markens Group Inc.
    • Springfield, MA
    • President and CEO
      • Jun 1988 - Present
      • Springfield, MA

      The association industry is our industry. We know how to guide your vision and direct your resources toward effective ends. We will focus your leadership on the most pertinent and pressing issues at hand, and whatever your vision may be, we’ll realize it with the efficiency and finesse of a well-oiled machine. This may mean that we manage just one facet of your association such as event planning. Or we can be your swift-acting executive management, your creative marketing group, your scrupulous controller, and more—a full-service team that will grow your association and give you a booming, powerful voice within your industry and the political arena.In short, we can introduce an unmatched expertise and efficiency into your organizational operations, propelling your association toward equally unmatched growth and success.

    • President
      • Jun 2008 - Present

      The Paperboard Packaging Council, which traces its roots back to 1929, is the leading industry association serving converters and suppliers of all forms of packaging that utilizes paperboard as a the primary material, including folding cartons, rigid set up boxes, miniflute corrugated containers, and paper cylinders. As such PPC is engaged in representing the industry in public policy-formulation, conducting research and analysis of industry data, advertising and promotion of the use of paperboard packaging, and education of managers of member companies. The work of the association is carried out by a permanent professional staff, standing committees of member representatives, and a host of alliance partners.

    • Owner
      • 1988 - Present

    • Vice President
      • 1982 - 1988

    • Many
      • 1978 - 1982

Education

  • 1974 - 1978
    Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
    Bachelor's Degree, History
  • Schreiber High School

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