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Save the Date: The 2024 Black Chief Officers Committee Conference and Symposium July 21- 28. Theme: "Resilient Leadership: There will be a Test." Accepting Call for Papers Now.        

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Highlights from the 2023 BCOC Conference and Symposium 

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