stacie is the executive director of the theatre for woman in the arts brava a center piece and thriving character of the mission and we were basically on the brink of losing this institution and losing the theatre which occupies the entire block of 24th street and owned by the nonprofit community organization and the building with the foreclose ure and for those of us, we knew the loss of this theatre and the art groups that occupy it, would have a devastating impact on the cultural life of not only 24th street but the entire mission neighborhood and it's it's so unique in so many ways and importantly the organization was created to give voice to the unspoken realities of women's lives through the creation of new theatre work. well, it took a joint effort by by government and community to save brava theatre and we're grateful to dozens of individuals that played a role and i don't know if anyone would be in in disagreement that the theatre was essentially saved because of stacie. [applause] stacie became the executive director to save the theatre. she worked countless hours for months o

well, it took a joint effort by by government and community to save brava theatre and we're grateful to dozens of individuals that played a role and i don't know if anyone would be in in disagreement that the theatre was essentially saved because of stacie. [applause] stacie became the executive director to save the theatre. she worked countless hours for months on end with no pay for that very purpose to save the theatre and organization. she rebuilt the bod and increased programming and the space and she was able to refinance the loan and she was successful in luring exciting productions like a fabulous musical that just ended at brava at brava theatre and in short stacie saved brava and all san francisco we're eternal ly indebted to you for your personal sacrifice that you have made to make that happen and you have truly is shown anything is possible and saving brava know if you know stacie that's only a fraction of everything she has accomplished in her distinguished career. stacie's career in the nonprofit arts world has taken her on tour throughout the the united states to count