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        <OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt>18712</OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt>
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        <PersonNm>VALERIE LEWIS</PersonNm>
        <TitleTxt>OUTREACH SERVICES</TitleTxt>
        <BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt>126665</BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt>
        <DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt>18873</DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt>
        <NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt>14192</NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE BOARD HAS DESIGNATED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEWING THE FORM 990 TO THE DIRECTOR AND THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD. THE TREASURER THEN REPORTS ORALLY TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</ExplanationTxt>
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