Perhaps no one person has done more to advance women in the packaging industry than JoAnn R. Hines. Hines is an award-winning author whose motivational articles inspire packaging professionals. She is also the author of ``Be a Hunter and Capture the Perfect Packaging Job,`` ``Packaging Yourself for Success`` and ``The 5 Deadly Sins of Packaging.``

Hines advice and articles appear in virtually every US packaging industry publication (many international too) and website portals including ``PackExpo.com``, ``Packaging University``, ``Packaging Business``, ``Packaging Network``, ``Packaging Horizons Magazine,`` ``Packaging World,`` ``Packaging Digest,`` ``Shipping and Distribution Magazine,`` ``Warehouse Management,`` ``Traffic World`` and numerous women`s publications. As a featured keynote speaker at trade shows and conferences, she empowers thousands of packaging professionals around the world.

Joining the packaging industry in 1976, Hines worked in sales for several years and began consulting during the 1980s. She is an accomplished author, speaker, publisher, and e-commerce expert with more than 25 years of industry experience. She has won numerous leadership awards and among her other honors, Hines was recently named ``One of the 50 most influential packaging leaders in the 20th century.`` She has also worked as the online packaging expert for the U.S. Small Business Administration. She is the founder of Women in Packaging, Packaging Horizons Magazine, Packaging Career Hotline and Packaging University. These four websites combine to draw monthly traffic of around 80,000 packaging professionals.

She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Michael.