Ms. Jean Anoff

Jean Anoff has been President and owner of SESCO, Inc., a Promotional Products Distributorship, since 1975.  She is active in the Promotional Products Association International and is past president of the Carolina Association of Advertising Specialties.

Her civic contributions include serving on the Board of Advisors for Mecklenburg Women’s Commission;

being the first chair of Charlotte Summit House, an “alternative to prison” program for women convicted of non-violent crimes.  The program operates in Greensboro and Raleigh, NC. Mrs. Anoff is past chair of the Board of Governors of Summit House and is currently on the Advocacy Committee for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Council on Aging.

 She was nominated for the Mecklenburg Women’s Commission Community Service Award and the State of North Carolina Volunteerism Award.  Mrs. Anoff is also treasurer for the National Association of Commissions for Women. 

 Mrs. Anoff is a life member of Jewish Women International and served as past president of the Charlotte Chapter of B’nai B’rith Women.  She is a life director of the Schoenstadt Family Foundation, founded by her father, Arthur Schoenstadt.

 Although born in Illinois, Mrs. Anoff has been a North Carolina “native” since 1964.  She earned a double major undergraduate degree from Pomona College and has a Masters Degree in Advertising Specialties.

Rebecca DePriest (right),

Recipient of the Jean Anoff Challenge Award