marsha lavp is here, she has extensive experience with pride. when i got here, she's been on the board. lucky gutierrez who is our office manager. if you have any pointed questions that you need to direct, we are here to answer those questions for you. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner, and i certainly i know that i want to hear from as many of the vendors and contractors as possible. commissioner, in terms of your role, can you describe a little bit of what your role has been? >> well, my role as main stage producer is to develop a talent roster that is basically based in our community or in the lgbt community across the country, to present talent. it is very diverse, both with age, genre of entertainment, gender, ethnicity. i also work with marsha lavn to get celebrity grand marshals who have done work in our community and i put together all of the logistics around the main stage area which both supervisors wiener and campos have been on. i have taken on city hall which is the vip party. i seek to find people that can answer questions abou