{"id":186,"date":"2015-07-08T21:12:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T21:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/stagewp-2\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:15:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/communityaffairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Benefit and Governmental Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/westernu\/basic-slider\/slide-default-00.jpg\" alt=\"slide-default-00\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 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proposals and strategies to advocate for University priorities.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCommunity Benefit &amp; Governmental Affairs operational priorities include leadership and strategy; county, state and federal advocacy; and cultivation and maintenance of local, regional, state and federal governmental, institutional, business and community relationships.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"faculty-card my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between md:items-end mb-20\">\n      <h2 class=\"t-h2-sans  text-red md:mr-40\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"md:flex md:flex-wrap px-12\">\n                                                      \n                                                        \n      <div class=\"px-12 mt-24 w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n        <div class=\"sm:flex w-full py-32 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