{"id":34519,"date":"2021-04-21T21:17:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T21:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=principals&#038;p=34519"},"modified":"2021-08-13T18:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T18:41:03","slug":"matt-baumgarten","status":"publish","type":"principals","link":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/matt-baumgarten\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Baumgarten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;singlefimg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-text \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Phone No<\/span>713.868.1676<\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-email \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Email<\/span><a href=\"mailto:mbaumgarten@SWAGroup.com\">mbaumgarten@SWAGroup.com<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627410739058{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; 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