please join me in welcoming the chair of america 250, rosie rios.ause] ♪ rosie: good afternoon, everyone. i can't tell you how thrilled i am to be here today. in many ways i feel like i am coming home. i got my start in the private sector out of college, but i got my start in government working with the cities. i was the director of economic element and -- economic to element and/or redevelopment for many cities. i worked with the cities of san leandro, union city, fremont, oakland -- hey! -- and san francisco. those were some of the best parts of my career, so thank you for welcoming me back home today. i have had the pleasure of speaking to many stockholders about america 250, but in my opinion it doesn't get any better than getting local and getting to work with cities who understand the value of service and the value of engagement and what it means to start a grassroots effort, and that is exactly what we are going to need here. for those of you who aren't familiar with america 250, as was mentioned, we were established by legislation in 2016 to

please join me in welcoming the chair of america 250, rosie rios.ood afternoon, everyone. i can't tell you how thrilled i am to be here today. in many ways i feel like i am coming home. i got my start in the private sector out of college, but i got my start in government working with the cities. i was the director of economic element and -- economic to element and/or redevelopment for many cities. i worked with the cities of san leandro, union city, fremont, oakland -- hey! -- and san francisco. those were some of the best parts of my career, so thank you for welcoming me back home today. i have had the pleasure of speaking to many stockholders about america 250, but in my opinion it doesn't get any better than getting local and getting to work with cities who understand the value of service and the value of engagement and what it means to start a grassroots effort, and that is exactly what we are going to need here. for those of you who aren't familiar with america 250, as was mentioned, we were established by legislation in 2016 to plan and orches