we will start with brett walton. bread is a reporter for the circle of blue. many of you probably know the circle of blue as a news agency that shines a light on water issues globally. than we have marion dickenson. marianne is the ceo of the alliance for water efficiency in chicago and marianne provides thought leadership and best practices around using water sustainably. then, we have lynn broaddus who runs broadview collaboration inc., which i believe works with nonprofit, government clients to help them develop natural resources strategy and lynn, he also worked for six years before that leading environmental programs at the johnson foundation wings spread, johnson foundation wing spread and perhaps even more important, a graduate of the university of virginia who plays tonight at 7:00 p.m. against iowa state, which leads me to peter-- peter gleick. peter is a world-famous water policy expert. peter, read about you before i became government affairs leader and ready many of your articles and have seen you testify before congress. like most grads, peter pro

we will start with brett walton. he is a reporter for "the circle f blue." it is a news agency that shines the light on water use globally. ceo for dickason is the the water alliance in chicago. she provides leadership and best practices around using water sustainably. have lynn broaddus, who works with clients to develop natural resource strategy. he also worked for the johnston , and perhaps even more important, like me, a graduate of the university of virginia, who plays tonight against iowa state. peter is a world-famous water policy expert. i've seen you testify before congress. peter probably doesn't even know that yale is a basketball team, but they beat baylor in the ncaa tournament before being desperate for losing a close game. that brings us to our panel discussion. i think each of our panelists should take one or two minutes and just tell you a little bit more about themselves so you have some context when they start asking you questions. walton: thanks, john. circle of blue, we are a news agency, a nonprofit news agency that reports on water. we