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VOLUME 53 NUMBER 3 Summer 2026
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Alexis Boncy SOA’11
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Lisa Palladino
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Jill C. Shomer
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Emily Dreihaus
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James C. Katz ’72
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Eson Chan
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