this work has had a major impact at american express.on't say, won't claim that we solve it but we've learned a lot. i think it's made a very positive impact on the role of women in american express and in many ways it feels like it's just the beginning. there's more about the global and diversity but the difference between a sponsor and mentor resonated and made a big impact. you know, you'r in your impresse credentials on the subject speak for themselves, but i did want to tell you a bit more about the impact on american express and what it meant to me. we've worked with sylvia for more than a decade at american express. she's become a trusted advisor, a strong strategic partner, and a friend. and has consulted with us in a range of programs around talent and culture, and has done a fantastic job. and the work we've done around this important topic of sponsorship has changed the game at our company. we've always had a focus on developing and nurturing talent. and i can remember at least five or six different mentoring programs we've ha

this wor h impact at american express. i will not claim that we solve it, but we have learned a lot and i think that it is very positive impact on the role of women, and in many ways i feel like we're just beginning in there is more to go. the global and the diversity. but the difference between the sponsor and a mentor resonated and made a big impact. the your impressive credentials speak for themselves, but i want to tell you a bit more about the impact on american express and what it meant to me. we have worked with sylvia for more than a decade in american express. she has become a trusted adviser, a strong strategic partner and friend and has consulted with us on a range of programs around town to a culture and has done a fantastic town. the work we have done around this important topic of sponsorship is change the game in the company. we have always had a focus on developing and nurturing talent, and i can remember at least five or six different men turn pro ran as we had the last ticket to and how that is sort. and

this work has had a major impact at american express.will say that we haven't solved it, but we have made a very positive impact on the role of women in american express and i feel if we that we are just beginning and there is more to go, certainly more and the difference between this has made a big impact. you know, there are impressive credentials of yours that speak for themselves. but i did want to tell you a bit more of that on american express and what it meant to me. we have worked with sylvia for more than a decade in american express and she has become a trusted advisor and a strong strategic partner and a friend. and has consulted with us in a range of program around talent and culture and has done a fantastic job. the work that we have done has also changed as well. it has changed our company. we have had five or six different mentoring programs during last decade or two that has worked. and there is nothing wrong with mentoring. so we have always had the commitment to say, what can we do to move the needle, but i think that w

but for many other 50 year round, and so they took that back to american express and american express is developing a pilot project and san francisco is the selected city to do a build up of a shop small campaign. and to do a build up to small business safety. so the small business commission is helping sponsor baners. and that are going to be put up city wide. and we will have approximately 250 baners that are put up city wide that say shop small along with the council of district merchants. and those will go up, i think, october, the beginning of october and so i will be sending out to you what the banner looks like and the proposed areas. and we can put up sort of the recommendations, but, it all depends on what contracts are in existence in terms of banners being up on the poles and when they are coming down but you will be getting that information from me in the next week. >> and then, to let you know, that tim robbins is doing a film with his new movie big eyes and they will be doing the filming in north beach at the end of the month and so hopefully the film commission and the

david: but 308 sounds -- you are buying into american express. you think financials are doing well andou pick e. why? >> so a lot of different areas but american express, let me say something, you know, buying it at these prices i think, you know, is a market move. i think most of the move has been had and i would be waiting maybe, i would stick my toe in the water with american express but american express recently announce ad agreement with wells fargo. they will issue a card to wells fargo customers. they have a new platform for global payments. the way my kids are in the 20s think about banking and credit is a lot different than i think about it. i think american express will be one of those companies that will be in business for a long time to come. david: gary, the way my kids think about everything is totally different from the way i think about it. so i will never get there by doing that, by comparing myself to them, but gary, thank you for coming in. gary rand, todd horowitz. good to sigh. we'll check in with todd in a couple minutes for

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