i believe susan kern is not going to be able to be here today, there's a function she is at with san francisco general hospital so let's go on to the second applicant for seat 5, john gressman. >> afternoon, supervisors, john gressman,ment of -- president of the san francisco rate authority. it's my pleasure to work with the health authority, i've been a board member for about 15 years of the 18 years we've been in existence. i represent the 11 nonprofit community health centers, the largest medicare health provider in the city of san francisco. we are also a federal homeless grantee. through our tenure together we have had unique collaborations and as a health plan board member i will continue that collaboration between the department of public health, the private sector and our nonprofit health firms. thank you. >> what do you see as the biggest challenge facing the health --. >> health care reform has introduced the greatest amount of challenge we have ever had. i was in a briefing this morning about the governor's plans to talk about extension of furthering medical for the undocu