Meet Our Team
Ellen’s Silkscreening is a medium sized apparel printing and embroidery company based in South Pasadena, California. We regularly handle printed and embroidered orders of between 24 and 5,000 units in-house on a 7-10 working day turnaround. Our knowledgeable sales team also sources out printed promotional product orders to a large network of vendors on a daily basis.
silkscreening, silk screen, screen printing, embroidery, embroider, applique, promotional products, drinkware, notebooks, flash drives, pens, pencils, banners, bottle openers, lanyards, balloons, keychain fobs, flash lights, sunglasses, T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Polos, Knits, Layering, Fleece, Woven Shirts, Outerwear, Pants, Shorts, Infants and Toddlers, Headwear, Bags, Accesories,
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Meet Our Team

Customer service is our passion
Ellen
President and Owner

Ellen Daigle

Originally from New York City, Ellen came to California in 1960. She initially trained as a nurse and spent more than a decade working as an RN. Being a single mom of three daughters, she started Ellen’s Silkscreening in 1978 with the goal of having a career that would allow her to spend more time with her girls. Ellen quickly found that she loved running a business and Ellen’s Silkscreening grew steadily to become the bustling company that it is today. Ellen’s enthusiasm and warm personality continue to make the shop a friendly and welcoming place to visit and make orders.

Owner

Joe Daigle

Joe is originally from Bridgeport, Connecticut and moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1960s after serving in the U.S. Air Force. Joe worked as an art director for disc jockey Art Laboe at his radio station KRLA from 1968 until 1984. He first met Ellen when she stopped by KRLA on a sales visit in 1978. Not long after that Ellen and Joe began dating. In 1984, Ellen and Joe got married and Joe left KRLA to work full-time at Ellen’s as a graphic artist and operations manager. Ellen and Joe proved to be a great team and together they built a prosperous and respected business that continues to this day.

Howard
Manager

Howard Norris

Howard is originally from New Zealand but has lived in the United States for most of his life. A graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Howard was a successful advertising photographer for 15 years prior to coming to Ellen’s ten years ago. As manager, Howard is dedicated to continuing the outstanding legacy of owners Ellen and Joe Daigle – to maintain a warm and welcoming showroom backed up by a top notch screen printing and embroidery shop.  With a photographer’s eye for detail, Howard is dedicated to continually pushing the imprint and embroidery standards of the shop higher.

Ann Marie
Sales Rep

Ann Marie Kent

Ann Marie hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has 20 plus years of customer service experience, 15 of those in the promotional products field. In her work, Ann Marie combines this extensive experience with her warm and welcoming personality.

Jan Pacursa
Sales Rep

Jan Pacursa

Jan grew up in Los Angeles and attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he completed an undergraduate degree in fine art. Jan is a screen printer himself and continues to teach printmaking at Art Center part-time. He brings a very discerning eye and a deep knowledge of printing processes to his work at Ellen’s.

Anna Alcid
Bookkeeper

Anna Alcid

Anna is originally from the Philippines. Prior to coming to Ellen’s, she worked for 15 years in information technology and customer service. Much more than a bookkeeper, Anna is also our purchaser, shopping for and ordering the blank goods we print and embroider on a daily basis.

Victor Olivares
Graphic Artist

Victor Olivares

Victor is a Los Angeles native and a self-taught graphic designer. He has worked at Ellen’s for 23 years with 31 total years of experience in the screen printing and embroidery field.  As well as being a masterful embroiderer, Victor’s diligent oversight of production at Ellen’s ensures that we have the highest quality standards and a phenomenal on-time order completion rate.