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later added, "the good news is that David worked for ProLiteracy for five years and did a lot of great things for the organization." Despite this, Harvey's curriculum vitae, published on May 28, 2013, appears to refer to his financial performance at ProLiteracy as having "led a turn-around operation for a $ 9 million international organization." Harvey has been the
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community. Furthermore, ProLiteracy reduced its international involvement from 30 to 20 countries. In effect, ProLiteracy ended its 2014 fiscal year with $ 3 million in revenues less expenses and nearly double their net assets, from $ 3.3 to $ 6.3 million. The search committee dissolved, as did
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