i'm rabbi eric visen. it's all kindsover race, class, orientation. we invite you about lbgt leadership and would like to have you meet katherine tick, the director of leadership development at the jewish community in doughment federation and the peninsula and joining her is david robinson, the bay area director of a national nonprofit that works on inclusion for lgbt jewish in the community. welcome, katherine and david. >> thank you for having us. >> i know the jewish community federation, the national nonprofit have been working on the issue of how paying attention for decades no and i want to just ask you, what's the latest interration coming out of the jewish bay area here? >> thank you, for asking, eric. we started a program late last summer called lgbtq, leadership development and then lunch, in november, actually technically, with 12 members and it initial cohort. the program was designed to bring folks who identify lbgt to the table, the proverbial decision-making table. as an inclusive community, we have representation from recall of our jew