and the university of southern california annual annenberg center for leadership, communication, and policy. and also, just to correct, i saw the president here, it is the public diplomacy association of america. we got it, i promise. all three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. vivian walker, who will be introduced by one of our board members, ." botch in a few minutes peter kovach in a few minutes. we are very grateful to george washington university, they are renovating the normal room that we work with and i appreciate the patience of all of you. we are grateful to the elliott school and anthony desantis who is here. anthony, for all the hospitality that you provide to us for these first monday forums. the first monday forum in february will feature the executive director of the alliance for international exchange. and we are pleased to learn more about the kind of advocacy they are doing on the hill and their outreach in general and how we can work with them. i would ask every public diplomacy councilmember to raise their hand of the board. ok. the