the 46th manufacturing giant caterpillar inc. in addition to her 30 year career holding various leadership positions at the company, she recently transformed the foundation into one of the world's most influential corporate foundations, its collaborative impact platform known as together stronger. a catalyst for shared prosperity that unites businesses, nonprofits, government and citizens to combine their strength to alleviate poverty for millions of people worldwide. please give a warm welcome to michelle sullivan. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you to savanna book festival for the fabulous event. my first time here, i absolutely love it. i'll definitely return. i also love the weather. when i left home yesterday, it was minus eight in illinois. i deeply appreciate the 60 some degrees weather today. [laughter] i also thank you for your time today. take it home and treated like it's everybody else. that's advice that my parents said five decades ago. the day i was born. this is after he discovered i had a type of dwarfism

the philanthropic arm of the 46 billion-dollar manufacturing giant caterpillar inc. in addition to her 30 year career holding various leadership positions at the company, she recently helped transform the foundation into one of the world's most influential corporate foundations. the launch of its collaborative platform known as together, stronger, a catalyst for shared prosperity that unites businesses, nonprofits, government, and citizen. to combinene their strength to alleviate poverty for millions of people worldwide. please give a warm savannah welcome to michele sullivan. thank you so much and, and thank you to to the festival people you put on a tremendous event. also to savannah it's my first time here and i absolutely love it and i will definitely return. i also love the weather. when i left home yesterday in illinois it was minus eight. so i greatly appreciate the 60 something degree weather today. [laughter] i also thank you for your time today. takeke her home and treat her like everybody else. that's advice doctor gave my parents over five decades ago. [l

the 46th manufacturing giant caterpillar inc. in addition to her 30 year career holding various leadership positions at the company, she recently transformed the foundation into one of the world's most influential corporate foundations, its collaborative impact platform known as together stronger. a catalyst for shared prosperity that unites businesses, nonprofits, government and citizens to combine their strength to alleviate poverty for millions of people worldwide. please give a warm welcome to michelle sullivan. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you to savanna book festival for the fabulous event. my first time here, i absolutely love it. i'll definitely return. i also love the weather. when i left home yesterday, it was minus eight in illinois. i deeply appreciate the 60 some degrees weather today. [laughter] i also thank you for your time today. take it home and treated like it's everybody else. that's advice that my parents said five decades ago. the day i was born. this is after he discovered i had a type of dwarfism

the 46th manufacturing giant caterpillar inc. in addition to her 30 year career holding various leadership positions at the company, she recently transformed the foundation into one of the world's most influential corporate foundations, its collaborative impact platform known