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My first job: Woolley's early history

DMA CEO recounts working at the Library of Congress Woolley Linda Woolley's first job was to get lost every day in the Library of Congress. Now president and CEO of the $24 million-revenue Direct Marketing Association, Woolley told CEO Update she learned a lot about history—and about being a good boss—during her stint at the library in the mid-'70s. Woolley, attending Kirkland College (now part of Hamilton College) in upstate New York, spent her last semester in Washington, D.C. She worked as a researcher in the Archive of Folk Songs (now the Archive of Folk Culture). But in those pre-9/11 days, staffers were free to wander. "If you were an employee and had a pass,… Read More