{"id":4604,"date":"2019-11-19T19:19:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valmarkfg.com\/site\/?page_id=4604"},"modified":"2020-03-20T20:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:46:37","slug":"biography-kristin-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/valmarkfg.com\/site\/our-story\/biography-kristin-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography &#8211; Kristin Ferguson, FSA, CFA\u00ae, MAAA\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;TOP PRIORITY MESSAGE&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.2.2&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#022535&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||false|false&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4874&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.2.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.2.2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.2.2&#8243; 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