so now it is my great pleasure to introduce greg watson who is the ceo of wall greens. he has worked at wall greens since 19 8 started as a pharmacy intern. he is now president and c e ofrpblte he soid on the board of directors since 2009. wall greens has demonstrated ain credible -- they've been an incredible leader and roll model since for outstanding hiring and support for people with disabilities. it started as a pilot program in one distribution center in south carolina. their inclusion practices have now resulted in great increases in productivity and improvements in company culture. the practices have now been expanded to other distribution centers and they're expanding to retail centers across the country. i met greg a few months ago when i was invited by senator tom harken and congressman pete sessions to a meeting that they were hosting for business leaders up at a walgreen'ses distribution center near hartford, connecticut. and mr. watson at that meeting was sharing with other business leaders, the ceos of ups and office max and other, his view that hiring pe

we are very fortunate to have him, with that i ask you to join me in welcoming greg watson. [applause] >> thank you governor markel for that kind introduction. it is a pleasure to be here. i must say, getting up at 4:30 to get a 6:00 a.m. flight, -- it is good to be here. i did get the opportunity to go down and see our new store opening at seven and -- in chinatown. i was talking to our construction folks and wanted to make sure that we had a pharmacy signage in the building in mandarin. the construction guy said, we did but we had to send the first sign back because when we translated it, it said funeral parlor. we do try to fit to the local community. i invite all of you, if you get an opportunity, to go down there. i will start by uploading all of you hurry and certainly the national governors association on your initiative to improve employment opportunities to folks living with disabilities. i think you're better bottom line initiative is spot on. anyone that knows me will not be surprised, i put my remarks into three buckets for this morning. i will give you a brief u