NAW Chairman’s Column - June 2017
“Distribution Needs Its Business Leaders to Be Politically Engaged”
John Tracy
NAW 2017 Chairman of the Board
In the last 37 years of my career, I’ve been exposed to many situations where I have seen firsthand the power of political engagement by individuals and organizations that aren’t in the political process on a daily basis. NAW, for example, became part of the everyday landscape in Washington, DC, because this organization saw the importance of that engagement.
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