before i do that, is steve brobeck still in the room? steve is retiring after 38 years as a great champion of consumer protection. and we are all consumers, we take consumer protection seriously. we also have mark lowry, i think many of you know him, he's been a long-standing champion of consumer federation of america who is retiring after just about 38 years. his last day in the office is today. this is a very bittersweet day for me. i came to nraca to work with martin and to establish this thing that is about how the cooperatives and consumers can participate in this new digitized environment. fast forward, think about small municipal utilities. they faced many of the same challenges and threats we do. i want to give you just a minute. how many of you belong to a cooperative? r.e.i. come to mind? credit union come to mind? food cooperative come to mind? you know the cooperative movement. cooperatives were first founded, the rochdale principle. for producer welfare. at the same time the idea of consumer cooperatives came together and we

steve brobeck, who has been the executive director of cfa for either 37 or 38 years, depending on when the clock started. what an exceptional career. i have to say yesterday when he got that standing ovation, if i could have done projectile tears i would have. it was such a moving moment. the other person, of course, is rachel weintraub. she must be one of the hardest working people who populate the earth. [ applause ] i swear, every panel i went to yesterday, she was introducing the speaker and she was moderating the panel. rachel, your questions were so thoughtful, so incisive. and you brought out the best in the speakers. they were just terrific panels. i give you great credit for that. turning now to ann marie, she's had a truly distinguished career. starting out as a nurse in 1972 and then 20 plus years later graduating from syracuse law school while raising six children. believe me, she raised them. >> i think you now have 17 gr n grandchildren? she served as an assistant state new york attorney general for 13 years before running for and winning a seat in the u.s. house of repre

first, no surprise, steve brobeck who has been the executive director of cfa for 37 or 30 years, depending on when the clock started. what an exceptional career, and i have to say yesterday, when he got a standing ovation, if i could have done projectile tears, i would have. it was such a moving moment. yet the person is rachel weintraub. rachel must be one of the most hardest working people populate the earth. [applause] mr. adler: every panel i went to yesterday she was introducing the speaker and she was moderating the panel, and, rachel, your questions were so incisive. and you brought out the best in the speakers. they were terrific panels, and i give you great credit for that. turning now to anne-marie, she has had a truly distinguished career, starting out as a nurse in 1972, and 20-plus years later, graduated from syracuse law school -- are you ready for this question mark -- while raising six children, and believe me, she raised -- and i think you now have 70 grandchildren. am i correct about that? as a lawyer, she served as an assistant new york state attorney general on behalf o

first, no surprise, steve brobeck, who has been the executive director of cfa for either 37 or 38 years, depending on when the clock started. what an exceptional career. and i have to say, yesterday when he got that standing ovation, if i could have done projectile tears, i would have. it was such a moving moment. and the other person, of course, is rachel weintraub. rachel must be one of the hardest-working people who populate the earth. [ applause ] i swear, every panel i went to yesterday, she was introducing the speaker, and she was moderating the panel. and rachel, your questions were so thoughtful, so incisive. and you brought out the best in the speakers. they were just terrific panelists, and i give you great credit for that. so turning now to ann marie, she's had a truly distinguished career. starting out as a nurse in 1972, and then 20-plus years later, graduating from syracuse law school. are you ready for this? while raising six children. and believe me, she raised them. [ applause ] and i think you now have 17 grandchildren, am i correct about that? as a lawyer, she served