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Alisa Harrison, 202-628-8000 aharrison@franchise.org Matt Haller, 202-662-0770 mhaller@franchise.org www.twitter.com/Franchising411
ORLANDO, Feb. 14, 2012—Four leading franchise industry professionals will now join the International Franchise Association Board of Directors and will assume their positions Feb. 14, at the conclusion of the IFA 52 ndAnnual Convention.
The new IFA directors, who were elected at the September 2011 IFA board meeting are:
Click herefor a list of the 2012 IFA Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
### About the International Franchise Association The International Franchise Association is the world’s oldest and largest organization representing franchising worldwide. Celebrating over 50 years of excellence, education and advocacy, IFA works through its government relations and public policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising. Through its media awareness campaign highlighting the theme, Franchising: Building Local Businesses, One Opportunity at a Time, IFA promotes the economic impact of the more than 825,000 franchise establishments, which support nearly 18 million jobs and $2.1 trillion of economic output for the U.S. economy. IFA members include franchise companies in over 300 different business format categories, individual franchisees and companies that support the industry in marketing, law and business development.