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Yvonne Lorie, the founder of ReFresh PR and a recipient of the 2013 HPRA Premio PR Achievement Award, has been elected president of the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) national board for 2017. This is something PR practitioners know well through crisiscommunications but truly applies to all areas of public relations.
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