Editor
Nancy Wise
Designers
Michael T. Smeltzer
Photography
Chad Driver, Daniel Dubois, Steve Green, Joe Howell, Anne Rayner, John Russell, Susan Urmy
Contributors
Joanne Lamphere Beckham, BA’63, Bonnie Arant Ertelt, BS’81, Suzanne Feinstein, EMBA’01, Kara Furlong, Randy Horick, Brett Israel, Jim Patterson, MLAS’15, Emily Sane, Ryan Underwood, BA’96
Web
Carlos Ruiz
Dean
M. Eric Johnson, Ralph Owen Dean and Bruce D. Henderson Professor of Strategy
Chief Marketing Officer
Yvonne Martin-Kidd
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