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Volume XXIX | Number 1/2

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PRESIdEnt .............................................................................. Steve Beyer
VICE PRESIdEnt CLIEnt SERVICES ........................... Denise Koff
EdItOR In CHIEf ................................................ Kurt Rheinheimer
aSSOCIatE EdItOR ........................................... Samantha hoback
dIgItaL PUBLICatIOnS EdItOR ...........................Jeffrey K. Wood
aRt dIRECtOR.................................................................Ruth herdman
aRt dIRECtOR............................................................. Caroline McKean
PROdUCtIOn dIRECtOR .......................................... Patty Jackson
EdItOR at LaRgE ............................................ Cara Ellen Modisett
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