my name is mara evans, and i'm the chair person for the racial justice committee at the san francisco public defender's office. and i'm also a member of the san francisco bar associations' criminal justice taskforce and the chair person of the bia subcommittee. and this year i'm part of the cohort for our office that is participating in the government alliance on racial equity. and when i was -- i've been at the public defender's office for 20 years. and i've had the opportunity to work with cindy during that time. and some of my colleagues and former colleagues have spoken to her unique qualities in that capacity, so i won't go over that again. i want to also speak to cindy's capacities as a commissioner for part of the last year, and her ability to connect and reach out to community organizations, to connect with people on the bar association's criminal justice taskforce, to connect with officers. i've actually seen cindy personally in the executive sponsor working group meetings. she is prepared. you can see the effort that she puts into this work. and so based on all of those, i k