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By Sarah Jones





BOSTON–When Elizabeth Graham Cook was contemplating becoming the Advertising Club of Greater Boston’s executive director 15 years ago, Arnold Advertising’s patriarch Arnold Rosoff warned her, ‘You have to be willing to lick stamps if you take this job.’





Cook admits the job requirements have changed slightly since then, but two traits she says her successor needs are an entrepreneurial streak and the ability to organize. Critics hope the successor has the ability to organize less costly events, but Cook defended her reign as club president.





‘We’ve endeavored to provide things for everybody,’ Cook said.



















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