he served as chief of boston e.m.s. and assistant director of the boston health commission. he has served as an interim manager. and for all of boston's major planned events including the boston marathon and the 2004 democratic national convention. no word yet of the boston red sox world series. as a consultant, -- [laughter] >> as a consultant to the pentagon and the defense department he served on the 9/11 after action team to assess medical consequence medical policy and procedures. more recently, rich was on the ground at the site of the devastating tornadoes in the coast and joplin, missouri and rich, thank you for speaking with us and strengthening our communities today. [applause] >> good morning. >> what's this about the red sox? we've had two world series in the last 10 years. graduations -- congratulations on yours, but we're with you unfortunately this year in the world series, observing. 22 years ago as you heard, i have been in d.c. in fema for the last two years, but 22 years ago i was in boston. and we usually don't get earthquakes in boston, and saw the images