Spring 2009 Staff

Dean—Jim Bradford

Editor—Seth Robertson

Contributors—Scott Addison, Nelson Bryan (BA’73), Daniel Dubois, Ray Friedman, Steve Green, Kristin Hodges, Randy Horick, Jennifer Johnston, Ruth Kinsey, Jenny Mandeville, Elena Olivo, Jamie Reeves, John Russell, Rob Simbeck, Cindy Thomsen, 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 Development—Lacy Tite

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Please direct alumni inquiries to: Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Owen Graduate School of Management, PMB 407754, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7754, Telephone: 615/322-0815, alum@owen.vanderbilt.edu.

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