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IDRA’s President & CEO is Celina Moreno, J.D. – See her bio here
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Media contact: Thomas Marshall III, M.Ed., thomas.marshall@idra.org, or 210-444-1710, ext. 1808, or Christie L. Goodman, APR, Fellow PRSA, christie.goodman@idra.org or 210-444-1710, ext. 1705.
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