Last May, the chairman of the Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees asked for and received the resignation of former Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., as the organization’s president. Little more than a year to that date, Thomas A. Saunders III announced he will relinquish his position as chairman.

Unlike the DeMint leadership change, the personnel shuffle was accompanied with little drama. Saunders will be succeeded by current vice chairman, Barb Van-Andel Gaby, later this year and then maintain a regular seat on the board. Saunders even received an award on the day of his announced resignation.