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PFG CFO Deanna Strable: An Audacious, Smart, Responsible Leader

PFG CFO Deanna Strable: An Audacious, Smart, Responsible Leader

ByJack McCulloughSenior Contributor

Although she enjoyed the years at Northwestern–being in a Northern suburb but also having access to the city–she found herself drawn back to Iowa.

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