i'm very pleased to recognize slida. she understand that in order to do that, she and her team needs to develop and present improvement proposals that are both compressive and transformational and she and her teamed have fully embraced this approach and i'm very grateful that she's with us and shares her leadership with us. i would like -- mr. smith to say something. >> i can't say in you have about slita reynolds and i want to thank you for taking the time to honor her. she's an outstanding manager and a great asset to mta. i want you to know that it means a lot to me and the staff whom are almost all here to recognize her good work. >> thank you. >> thank you. this is a recognition award. >> thank you, i know sometimes manager is a 4 letter word. i really do love managing people and i really believe that people don't leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. it really important and i want to thank in particular my team leaders for their dedication and hard work, bridged and bond for their strong support and director rii