my name is alicia baptiste president and ceo at spur and excited to be with you tonight to honor excellence in public service. at spur we strive to build a bay area where all people can thrive and we know that to do that we have to work in partnership across the eco system but in particular with local government and we are so proud to be supporters of the event because we truly believe in government as a force for good and tonight we are here to honor 54 truly incredible people. we have never recognized quite so many people at one time before, but extraordinary times call for extraordinary leadership and that is what we winced over the past 2 years. and i am guessing that for most people in the room when you check that box where you said i acknowledged that i'm a disaster service worker, you didn't really know what you were acknowledging. and in particular because these past couple of years, have been this time of just extraordinary deconstruction, and unraveling. all of the threads that hold us together as a nation have been unspooling. all of the threads that hold the pattern of our daily