{"id":35671,"date":"2024-10-17T17:45:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/?page_id=35671"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:35:00","slug":"leadership-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/latest-news\/leadership-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35671\" class=\"elementor elementor-35671\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e70295e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"e70295e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Dave leads SPA\u2019s Corporate Growth Office, where he has overseen market leading revenue growth for more than a decade. 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