Discover Priority Architectural Graphics
Established 1995
San Francisco
Priority Architectural Graphics was started in 1995 by the President, Juliana Choy Sommer as a nameplate company. Juliana engraved nameplates for electrical contractors in the San Francisco Bay Area to label their panels and equipment. From there, she studied the ADA and CA Title 24 regulations around signage when the code requirements changed with the advent of new accessibility laws. Soon, the company began making ADA signs for other sign companies as a wholesaler and redirected to the end user market in 2005.
Celebrating 25 Years
Today, Priority Architectural Graphics is a leading San Francisco’ architectural signage manufacturing company.
“Our staff of over thirty has been proudly manufacturing the highest quality signage in our San Francisco facility since 1995. This year we celebrate our 25th anniversary! Our signage can be seen across sectors. If you have taken BART, flown in or out of SFO, or visited Golden Gate Park, you have seen our products.
Our key sectors include multi-family housing, transportation and government infrastructure. Our team excels at both interior and exterior architectural signage packages with targeted strength in code, wayfinding and directional types.”
Values Driven
Priority Architectural Graphics is a registered small business with the State of California and a local business enterprise registered with the City of San Francisco. As a small business faced with both regulatory and growth challenges, the company’s leaders advocate in small business roundtables and advisory councils to represent the interests of the smallest of businesses.
The company is very values driven. The three core values upheld by the employees are growth and learning, transparency and trust. Employees find that if they work with these values in mind, in particular the drive to learn and grow constantly, the team can continuously innovate at a very rapid pace. These values drive a workforce that moves at a fast pace, but we attract employees that thrive under this pace.
About CSA Team
CSA’s Executive Director, Roy Flahive, has worked within the sign industry for more than 50 years. He served an apprenticeship in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), owned his own sign company for almost 30 years and he is well-known and highly respected in the sign industry, having served on numerous boards, including those of the International Sign Association (ISA), San Diego Area Lighting Advisory Council, Arizona Sign Association, Western States Sign Council, San Diego Mayors Sign Code Task Force, and UL’s Industry Advisory Committee. Notably, Flahive has twice been elected President (Chairman of the Board) of CSA and has served over 30 years on that board.
Cheryl Flahive, CSA’s Director of Member Services, has worked within the sign industry for over 33 years; twenty of those years, as vice president of a sign company in southern California. She has served in various administrative roles, from finance to project management, and is dedicated to helping CSA members at all levels.
The CSA Communications Committee, made up of committed industry leaders, works in a behind the scenes capacity, to keep CSA members educated and informed.