ms. heather smith, current president of rock the vote. under her direction and leadership, rock the vote built new tools and refined best practices for continued engagement of young voters. setting the highest voting record in mid term and presidential elections in the organization's 20-year history. prior to rock the vote she found and directed young voters strategies. a partnership with the graduate school of political management at the george washington university. in 2004 she served as national field director, the largest nonpartisan grassroots effort ever to mobilize young voters. she received a ba in public politics from duke university. we asked heather to come speak to us, more specifically to talk about how we can have voter outreach with rock the vote and young voters. before she comes up i would like her to speak more specifically about the partnership that the state of iowa has put together with rock the vote. with the caucuses we had a great event called rock the caucus, brought it to a high school in des moines, we went out

ms. heather smith, current president of rock the vote, a national organization with the political engagement of young people. under heather's direction and leadership over the past two election cycles rock the vote refined best practices for continued engagement of young voters. sending the highest voter registration records in both midterm and presidential elections in the organization's 20-year history. prior to rock the vote, ms. smith founded and directed young voters strategies, a nonpartisan project and partnership with the graduate school of political management at the george washington university. in 2004 she served as national field director for the student prgs, new voters project, the largest nonpartisan grass roots effort ever undertaken to mobilize young voters. heather smith received a b.a. with honors in economics and public policy from duke university. now, we have asked heather to come speak to us today, more specifically to talk about how we can have voter outreach with rock the vote and young voters. i would like to -- before she comes up, speak more specifically about the