Fall 2008 Staff

Dean—Jim Bradford

EditorSeth Robertson

Contributors—Scott Addison, Oscar Atkinson, MBA’08, Nelson Bryan, BA’73, Hui Chen, Kerry Dahlen, Daniel Dubois, Paul Frankenberg, EMBA’03, Matthew Garrett, MBA’08, Steve Green, Roger Hawkins, Erin Hofmann, MBA’08, Randy Horick, Jennifer Johnston, Jenny Mandeville, Amy Norton, David Parsley, Neil Ramsey, BE’82, MBA’83, Jamie Reeves, John Russell, Rob Simbeck, John Tamny, MBA’98, Amy Wolf

Designer—Michael T. Smeltzer

Art Director—Donna Pritchett

Executive Director of Marketing and Communications—Yvonne Martin-Kidd

Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations—Patricia M. Carswell

Web Edition Design and DevelopmentLacy Tite

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