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stand what people are going through so you kind of find your group of people who understand you and can help you because they have similar successes and challeng- es, they’re just doing it in a different region,” Frisch said. “And there’s no judgement, we go from age 25 to 35 and so everyone is at different career and experience levels. They just started in the industry or they are 10 years into it, there’s no judgement and everyone’s willing to help each other out.” Now in a leading position as an elected EL delegate, Frisch helps select speakers within the industry to present in the C-Suite series, a quarterly virtual webinar. Whether focused on operations or sales or accounting, they share their stories and best leadership advice. The most recent C-Suite speaker was Jim Akers of Akers Packaging Ser- vices Group, along with his son, Andrew Akers, an Emerg-
ing Leader graduate, whose presentation was finding the best fit customers for your operation. “Everyone that they’ve had on has been remarkable,” Pyle said. “They have learned so much from these C Suite programs.” The annual Emerging Leaders Workshop in Fort Worth, Texas, was a three-day event that featured box plant tours and lead- ership trainings.
Frisch also helps develop the content for the spring meeting and offers a friendly face to new members. “I’m the Emerging Leaders go-to person with any questions or advice, and then I have a team as well. I have a junior delegate, John McQueary with CTS Systems and a freshman delegate, Jordan Dawson with Harris Packag- ing, who help me with the virtual and in-per- son events. We also have a committee that helps us with our marketing and new referrals Initially, Frisch said that she was not inter- ested in following in her father, Jerry Frisch’s box manufacturing footsteps. She wanted to work in the finance industry for a big name like Goldman Sachs. After college, she worked at and engagement,” she said. A Box Of Opportunity Awaits
U.S. Bank for five years when working at the family company sudden- ly started to look much more attractive. “My dad pretty much said that it was now or never if you want to try
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out Wasatch Container,” she said. “He made me commit three years to him and I’m here 10 years later and now this is 100 percent my career because you can find finance or what- ever you’re interested in within the company.” She started as a sales rep and built her own accounts from scratch. Along the way, she strived to learn more about the business by getting her hands into any department she could. But she was soaking in the business
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