i'm calling for carol isen's nomination. i am a labor union president at b.a.r.t. and have worked with carol for years and facilitating partnerships between labor and management. carol shares the values that my neighbors and i in bernal heights uphold. i support carol isen's nominations of appointment human resources director for the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. can you hear me? >> chairman: yes, we can. >> okay. good morning chair peskin and the other members of the rules committee. i'm here to urge you to support carol's appointment to the department of human resources director. i currently work at the san francisco zoo as executive vice president of human resources. prior to this, i was with the city and served as g.s.a. and labor relations manager before promoting to human resources director. i also work for p.n.c. and chinese affirmative action. i first met carol back in 1994. we were on staff for 10 to 14 years before carol decided to take a position in leadership. i got to know her very well as a

carol isen is the antithesis. i known carol for 30 years. he says carol nurtures a supportive environment where people feel free to express their concerns. she's sensitive to disenfranchised marginalized community. carol is a highly skilled listener. she enhances any environment where she is present. that is consistent what i heard from others and what i experienced in getting to know ms. isen during this process. i look forward to working with you and working to protect our employees and bring the necessary changes to our city to d.h.r. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you president walton. i think this is a stellar appointment and i'm excited to see what ms. isen will do in this job. in the committee you took strong issue that d.h.r. is broken. it does feel like the city's hire and training processes in important ways are broken. it is tremendously frustrating to see it playing out in department after department where some of the biggest problems the city has are we find solution to those problems frustrated by the number of vacancies that w

carol isen is the antithesis. i known carol for 30 years. he says carol nurtures a supportive environment where people feel free to express their concerns. she's sensitive to disenfranchised marginalized community. carol is a highly skilled listener. she enhances any environment where she is present. that is consistent what i heard from others and what i experienced in getting to know ms. isen during this process. i look forward to working with you and working to protect our employees and bring the necessary changes to our city to d.h.r. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you president walton. i think this is a stellar appointment and i'm excited to see what ms. isen will do in this job. in the committee you took strong issue that d.h.r. is broken. it does feel like the city's hire and training processes in important ways are broken. it is tremendously frustrating to see it playing out in department after department where some of the biggest problems the city has are we find solution to those problems frustrated by the number of vacancies that w

carol isen is the antithesis. i known carol for 30 years. he says carol nurtures a supportive environment where people feel free to express their concerns. she's sensitive to disenfranchised marginalized community. carol is a highly skilled listener. she enhances any environment where she is present. that is consistent what i heard from others and what i experienced in getting to know ms. isen during this process. i look forward to working with you and working to protect our employees and bring the necessary changes to our city to d.h.r. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you president walton. i think this is a stellar appointment and i'm excited to see what ms. isen will do in this job. in the committee you took strong issue that d.h.r. is broken. it does feel like the city's hire and training processes in important ways are broken. it is tremendously frustrating to see it playing out in department after department where some of the biggest problems the city has are we find solution to those problems frustrated by the number of vacancies that w