jocelyn benson, would you raise your hand, so we know who we are is an associate professor at wayne state university, founder of the military spouses of michigan, founder of the michigan center for election law which hosts projects which support transparency and integrity in elections. in 2011, she was selected to serve with retired u.s. supreme court justice sandra day o'connor on the national board of directors. and a nonprofit created by justice o'connor to improve civics education throughout the country. she's a former member of the abas committee on election law, developed two protection efforts in michigan, published the book on the role of secretary of state in enforcing election and campaign laws and in 2010 was the michigan democratic party's candidate for secretary of state. she previously served as a law clerk to the honorable damon keith on the u.s. court of appeals and the sixth district. she earned her master's at oxford and her law degree at harvard. nice to have you here. obviously very smart. bob carey was appointed director of the federal voting assistance program in jul