Decisions and design rationale for restructuring the VCEDC Leadership page ahead of the December 2025 site launch.
The Leadership page required refinement to better reflect the organization's current structure and personnel. The primary goals were to clarify the distinction between staff leadership and board governance, update the page headline, and manage photos for outgoing and non-pictured members.
The menu item and page URL will remain "Leadership" unchanged. Renaming it would break existing inbound links and any bookmarked URLs. Stability of the URL was prioritized over any cosmetic rename.
The page headline will change to:
"Meet the business experts leading the VCEDC."
This framing emphasizes expertise and community relevance rather than a generic organizational title.
The page structure will be reorganized to place the Executive Director in a distinct section above the Board of Directors. Previously, all leadership was presented in a single undifferentiated list, which obscured the difference between staff and volunteer governance roles.
| Person | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Jim (outgoing board chair) | Departing Jan 1 | Photo removed from donate page immediately; removed from leadership page on Jan 1 |
| Roger Wolfe (board member) | Current | Listed as "not pictured" due to unusable photo quality |
Jim's photo was already present on a donate page build and needed to be removed from that context as well, not just the leadership page.