carolly, one shining example of this is her support of the women's initiative for self-employment, of which i am a board member, she and i served together on the women's initiative. she has been a supporter of buding women entrepreneurs, this program that helps low income women start their own businesses and rise, get themselves out of poverty and achieve economic independence. carolyn has played a critical role not only in providing mentorship and her business expertise but also providing financial contributions to that organization and has been a leader in that organization. she also has been actively involved in other organizations, the horizons foub daition, a local chapter of the aha, quality california, lambda legal, the national center for lesbian rights, in addition she is a major supporter of the did he young museum, san francisco symphony and the police officer organization. so this is a very serious san francisco citizen. but also on the professional front carolyn is a bio medical professional, s has just had a medical device approved by the fda and was designed in conjunct