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Helen Viksnins is Director, Education & Member Relations at the American Academy of Optometry and is a sure bet to attend ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership's Great Ideas Conference every year. The conference is dedicated to creatively solving the problems and issues association executives face as they lead their organizations.

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