At the time of VESEEHC’s first application to Babcock’s OD Program, the organization was going through what Dr. Carter calls “a dangerous transition” involving several staff and board changes. The chair of the board was becoming the executive director, the executive director was taking on the role of development director and a new board chair was being brought on. It was a “time fraught with potential catastrophes. We needed an orderly transition in which the process was key. We wanted to address as many issues as we could during this period.”