dr. scolari. wonderful progress. for us were poorly but more poorly for families. this can be a real resource for all of us. we look forward to more all updates and progress towards long term vision in the years to come and at this point would like to do is call commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell to introduce our next speaker. >> thank you. i'm keeping track of the mayor. he will be here shortly thank you superintendent. so as we dive further into this work i think part of what were looking to do is to understand what other cities and states are doing and sit be mindful about what we can learn from them. we are very fortunate tonight to have a friend and somebody who is a national leader in this kind of work, and i'm really just grateful, michael, you are here tonight to share your experience and your expertise with us. he's a national expert that is the vice president of programs that policy link they spent more than 20 years serving as a results driven leader in the government philanthropic and human services sector. he's collaborated with philanthropic governments c

dr. scolari. wonderful progress. for us were poorly but more poorly for families. this can be a real resource for all of us. we look forward to more all updates and progress towards long term vision in the years to come and at this point would like to do is call commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell to introduce our next speaker. >> thank you. i'm keeping track of the mayor. he will be here shortly thank you superintendent. so as we dive further into this work i think part of what were looking to do is to understand what other cities and states are doing and sit be mindful about what we can learn from them. we are very fortunate tonight to have a friend and somebody who is a national leader in this kind of work, and i'm really just grateful, michael, you are here tonight to share your experience and your expertise with us. he's a national expert that is the vice president of programs that policy link they spent more than 20 years serving as a results driven leader in the government philanthropic and human services sector. he's collaborated with philanthropic governments c

dr. scolari. wonderful progress. for us were poorly but more poorly for families.this can be a real resource for all of us. we look forward to more all updates and progress towards long term vision in the years to come and at this point would like to do is call commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell to introduce our next speaker. >> thank you. i'm keeping track of the mayor. he will be here shortly thank you superintendent. so as we dive further into this work i think part of what were looking to do is to understand what other cities and states are doing and sit be mindful about what we can learn from them. we are very fortunate tonight to have a friend and somebody who is a national leader in this kind of work, and i'm really just grateful, michael, you are here tonight to share your experience and your expertise with us. he's a national expert that is the vice president of programs that policy link they spent more than 20 years serving as a results driven leader in the government philanthropic and human services sector. he's collaborated with philanthropic governments ci