dr. barassi. >> thank you president chiu and honorees for your dedications. we are joined by kathrin mustn'ter and we extend our condolences to the family of commissioner caroline marks who we lost last month. staff and i just returned from meetings of the u.n. commission on the status of women where we spoke about our work here in san francisco on paid sick leave, parental leave, domestic violence policy reform and expanding general equality in the private sector. many eyes internationally are looking at us in san francisco and were beginning to talk about hosting the u.n. fifth world conference on women. 50,000 women all over the globe -- [applause] so that would be in 2015. the women we honor today are essential parts of the fabric of our city. i want to acknowledge the devastation in japan and we will rely on the women in that society to help rebuild that devastated country. i wanted to recognize carol sacko for the months of planning that you put in for today's event working very closely with you and your staff. at this time i want to invite the honorees