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Prater hires new marketing associate

Melissa Zickuhr joins company

May 1, 2019

Prater hires new marketing associate

Melissa Zickuhr, Prater marketing associate

Prater Industries has announced that Melissa Zickuhr has accepted the position of marketing associate at the company. Zickuhr holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and earned a Juris Doctor degree at Northern Illinois University.

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