求解一道prep SC，看了破解上的解释，但还是不太明白这里的时态问题，求教阿。。

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As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

(A) As the former

(B) The former

(C) Former

(D) She was

(E) As the

破解说A的话，与后面的attended矛盾，不合逻辑，但是如果选E的话后面不就应该用完成时have attended了吗，望各位大侠指教阿！