PRESS RELEASES

ASI® Names Carol Albright Senior Vice President of Human Resources

<p>TREVOSE, PA – February 27, 2008 - The Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI), the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, named Carol Albright senior vice president of human resources. Ms. Albright will continue to report to Timothy M. Andrews, president and chie</p>

TREVOSE, PA - February 28, 2008

PRESS RELEASES

ASI® Names Carol Albright Senior Vice President of Human Resources

TREVOSE, PA – February 27, 2008 - The Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI), the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, named Carol Albright senior vice president of human resources.

Ms. Albright will continue to report to Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer, and she is responsible for managing the company’s benefits programs, employee performance coaching and improvement processes, and recruiting plans.

Prior to this announcement, Ms. Albright was vice president of human resources. She has served ASI for 21 years in a variety of leadership roles that have developed, shaped and advanced human resources at ASI during a period of growth that quadrupled the number of employees.

“Carol is a trusted adviser, and has created a team that is focused on serving ASI exceptionally well,” said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI. “She has received national recognition from other organizations for implementing new approaches to human resources, including the ASI Wellness Program, which rewards employees with cash for practicing healthy habits.”

Ms. Albright holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial labor relations from Rider University and a master’s degree in instructional systems design and performance technology from Pennsylvania State University.

She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the American Society for Training and Development, and the International Society for Performance Improvement.

She resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

For more information, contact Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer, at tim.andrews@asicentral.com.

About ASI
Advertising Specialty Institute is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, with a membership of over 25,000 distributor firms (sellers) and supplier firms (manufacturers) of advertising specialties. Supplier firms use ASI print and electronic resources to market products to over 21,000 ASI distributor firms. Distributor firms use ASI print and electronic resources, which contain nearly every product in the industry from more than 3,500 reputable suppliers, to locate supplier firms and to market services to buyers. ASI provides catalogs, information directories, newsletters, magazines, websites and databases, and offers e-commerce, marketing and selling tools. Visit www.asicentral.com