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Top row, page 38 (from left to right): (1) IFA President & CEO Robert Cresanti emphasizes the importance of the Franchise
Action Network shortly after the association announced his promotion to its top staff leadership post.; (2) Members of the
Coalition to Save Local Businesses (CSLB), which IFA is a founding member, promote their support of the Protecting Local
Business Opportunities Act during a Sept. 30 press conference; (3) IFA Chair Melanie Bergeron, CFE, chairwoman of TWO
MEN AND A TRUCK International, reminds Franchise Action Network members the importance of getting the “We Are Local”
message out to legislators.; (4) New IFA Board member and CEO of Viridian Group John Draper with Board member Matthew
Patinkin, co-owner of Double P Corp./Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, at the Congressional reception.
Bottom row (from left to right): (5) IFA Board member, Andrew Puzder, president and CEO of CKE Restaurant Holdings,
speaks about joint-employer legislation during a panel discussion; (6) IFA Treasurer Shelly Sun, CFE, (left), CEO and co-founder
of BrightStar Franchising, listens to Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) as Home Instead Senior Care’s Phyllis Hegstrom, IFA members
and Blunt’s staff look on at a meeting with the legislator during the Franchise Action Network Annual Meeting.; (7) Franchise
Action Network members from Nebraska meet with Sen. Deb Fischer (R), shown at left, to discuss the impact of joint employer
legislation on their franchise businesses.
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