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4 Executive Corner
Assisting and advocating for the bleeding
disorders community since 1994.
5 High Risk Pools: A Cautionary Look Back
Issue 52 | Volume 17 | Spring 2017
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP 6 Staying Fit Through Weightlifting
Board Chair
Tracy Cleghorn a Q&A with Eric Burgeson

President & CEO
Kimberly Haugstad, MBA
PRODUCTION TEAM
Editor 8 Women’s Bleeding Disorders
Kyle McKendall
Copy Editor 10 A Patient’s Perspective on a
Kit Salisbury
Fresh Osteoarticular Allograft
Design & Layout
Kristin Mitchell Design, Inc.

CONTRIBUTORS
Cazandra Campos-MacDonald
Meredith Clark, Staff Member 12 Yes, You CAN Choose Your Family!
Miriam Goldstein, JD, Staff Member
Josh Hemann, Board Member
Murai Johnson 15 March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
Carrie Koenig, Staff Member
Lori Long, Staff Member 16 Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month Advocacy Calendar
Christopher Quesenberry
Emily A. Roush-Bobolz, Staff Member
Kandyma Sar, Staff Member 18 Celebrations and a Heavy Heart
Sarah Shinkman, Staff Member
Deema Tarazi, JD, Staff Member
Katie Verb, JD, Staff Member 19 Kid Captain
Linda E. Wyman-Collins BSN, RNC-NIC
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