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Apr 24, 2019

Judy Leand

Judy Leand is an internationally published writer, editor, manager and consultant with 25 years of experience in the outdoor and sporting goods industries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Tulane University and a master’s degree in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. When not slaving over a laptop in her Brooklyn, New York, office, she ardently pursues outdoor sports, tennis, photography and travel.

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