{"id":30045,"date":"2026-01-06T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/?p=30045"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:37:06","slug":"new-board-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/new-board-member\/","title":{"rendered":"New Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30045\" class=\"elementor elementor-30045\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e1f9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"00e1f9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8029d53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8029d53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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