{"id":11750,"date":"2025-12-04T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/?page_id=11750"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:52:22","slug":"judges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/epi-fundraising-events\/40th-annual-chocolate-ball\/cake-competition-2026\/judges\/","title":{"rendered":"40th CB Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-repeated\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-10964 size-full is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EPI_Chocolate-Ball-Headers-2440x500px_1.1-1.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group 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src=\"https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot.jpeg 1550w, https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.epiny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dr.-Ashley-Cross-Headshot-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1550px) 100vw, 1550px\" \/> \n            \n             \n             <div>\n         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