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Lawyer and community leader Lisa Brody appointed to USFSP Advisory Board

Attorney Lisa Brody ST. PETERSBURG — The University of South Florida Board of Trustees has appointed Lisa Brody to a four-year term on the USF St. Petersburg Campus Advisory Board Brody is the assistant deputy director and managing attorney for the St. Petersburg office of Bay Area Legal Services, the largest nonprofit public interest […]

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