Generate Exec list using LDAP positions API #376

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LDAP can be used to get the names of the people in each exec position (president, vice president, etc.). Since (almost) everyone's headshots are named FirstnameLastname.jpg/png/etc., these names can be used to grab the image for each exec. See https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/LDAP for some more information on LDAP, and/or look at the code for the Members page since that also uses LDAP.
We will continue to use the .md files in content/team/execs to store each exec's blurb, though we can change the file names/contents slightly as needed (eg. we can probably get rid of the numbers in the file names).
If an exec does not have a blurb (ie. a .md file does not exist for them), then we should display some kind of placeholder blurb. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a good way to programmatically fetch a user's program or year though.

Additional notes from our meeting on Jan. 19/2022: - LDAP can be used to get the names of the people in each exec position (president, vice president, etc.). Since (almost) everyone's headshots are named `FirstnameLastname.jpg/png/etc.`, these names can be used to grab the image for each exec. See https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/LDAP for some more information on LDAP, and/or look at the code for the Members page since that also uses LDAP. - We will continue to use the .md files in `content/team/execs` to store each exec's blurb, though we can change the file names/contents slightly as needed (eg. we can probably get rid of the numbers in the file names). - If an exec does not have a blurb (ie. a .md file does not exist for them), then we should display some kind of placeholder blurb. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a good way to programmatically fetch a user's program or year though.

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Use LDAP API to fetch executive members' name (Closes #376) #396

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Use LDAP API to fetch executive members' name (Closes #376) (#396)

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