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This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. This post was pre-scheduled on Friday afternoon June 29, 2012.
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Dr. Ruesga began by acknowledging the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Albert Ruesga, President & CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation—a customer of ours, I’m proud to say. “Be Be a Learning Organization.”. This spirit and creativity is unequivocally needed to address the tough work still to be done.
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