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Paul A. Blakely (49), manager of financial planning and analysis, joined BNA in 1984. His group prepares the corporation’s budget, and provides financial evaluations of acquisition targets and proposed new products. Blakely has served on the Board of Directors of BNA since 2004, the Tax Management board since 1998, and from 1993 until its sale in 1999 was a director and officer of BNA Communications Inc. He serves on the Budget Committee and three other BNA board committees, including the Retirement Plan Administrative Committee since 1992. He also serves as BNA’s assistant treasurer, Tax Management’s treasurer and secretary, and as a trustee of the BNA 401(k) plan. He is the financial representative for the Legal and Business Publishing Unit. He has served on several product and department audit committees, on the supervisory committee of the BNA Federal Credit Union, and he was a member of the management bargaining committee for the 1994 and 1997 Newspaper Guild contract negotiations Blakely holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA in finance from Marymount University. He is a CPA and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Greater Washington Society of CPAs, where he is a past chairman of the SEC practice committee. His wife, Rosie, is a market research analyst for BNA.
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