{"id":428,"date":"2021-10-26T19:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T19:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/esse\/?post_type=about&#038;p=428"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:29:45","slug":"leadership-team","status":"publish","type":"about","link":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/esse\/about\/people\/leadership-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/esse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/10\/Gunho-Sohn-small-headshot-scaled-e1689079593946-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Gunho Sohn\" class=\"wp-image-1948\" title=\"Jinjun Shan-1832-Edit\" 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