josh kaufman is in the same vein. a lawyer who has worked on the computer and cyber side of the world. he's worked on arts and entertainment. he has knowledge in each of these arenas. he worked for 10 years preparing computers. he's been in all of the arts and entertainment parts. so he took real substance and content to his work as an attorney. josh, we welcome you. on behalf of the institute to our party. [applause] >> it's a real pleasure to introduce john. i had to circumspect. john and i go back about 30 years. helped john and corporate, learning matters, did his tax-exempt status. were the first first deals with npr. i've been on the board i guess since inception. and although i'm not in education field, my contributions agenda been more in entertainment side of the business, i have been so impressed with john learning matters over these years. i represent a lot of people in the media, and the balance and the quality of learning matters presents and has presented for 30 years now is to me one of the most amazing

josh kaufman has been a personal friend and our attorney for 30 years, a founding member of the boardhe has gotten me out of trouble more than once, but i think more importantly, he has kept me from getting into trouble, which is what is actually more important. the most recent one was david guggenheim when he stole footage for the disgraceful documentary waiting for superman. i hope we'll be friends for another 30 years. you look like you'll make it. i don't know if i will. but sandra is a leader for learning matters and has steered us through incredibly tough time. she took over as chair when our founding chair -- sorry -- lost a battle with cancer, and then, of course, she inherited that job just as the worst recession since the depression hit, and we're not through that part yet, but, sandy, you have been just terrific. i just want to say a couple words about the book, which i hope you will enjoy. first, strenuous. that came from a documentary about a teacher shortage, and we were not trying to embarrass that young man. if you watch the whole documentary, you discover he is a juni