A Leader Among Public Servants

And then Gary Judd took charge.

Under his leadership, 12 of these in-plants were consolidated into one centralized unit—and that operation has grown from $1.5 million in sales in its first year to $7.1 million in fiscal year 1999.

"And we're still growing," remarks Judd, 62, who has served as Missouri's State Printer for the past two decades. He has worked hard to keep the state printing operation up to date with technology. Its offices are networked, and jobs are transferred digitally between its five copy centers. Xerox DocuTech technology has replaced outdated offset duplicators. Judd has expanded the web printing business, and plans to add a new four-color, 20˝ Didde web. His operation is even preparing to move into variable data printing.