cronin leshner or the two that are not here. >> i am happy to make a point to appoint, tim cronin to seat one and move to the committee report to the full board. and then i'm open to discussion for the other seats. >> okay. >> sure. >> does the committee know why the other members are not present? the other applicants? >> so i know that my staff reached out to both and we are not sure and --. >> are they still interested? >> you know --. >> mr. chair, i did receive correspondence from both applicants. barwid is not able to make it at the last minute and he had something come up. and i am not sure what that is, mr. townsend is in sacramento right now for a meeting. >> okay. >> so, i'll move support, i think that robert leshner explained his strong finance background. being a chartered financial analyst. not only being a bond geek, but his experience with supporting small businesses and his work in the tech industry with a number of entities as well. and i think that he expressed strong interest in having attended the meetings from over two years ago, as well. and showing to me, seriou

cronin leshner or the two that are not here. >> i am happy to make a point to appoint, tim cronin to seat one and move to the committee report to the full board. and then i'm open to discussion for the other seats. >> okay. >> sure. >> does the committee know why the other members are not present? the other applicants? >> so i know that my staff reached out to both and we are not sure and --. >> are they still interested? >> you know --. >> mr. chair, i did receive correspondence from both applicants. barwid is not able to make it at the last minute and he had something come up. and i am not sure what that is, mr. townsend is in sacramento right now for a meeting. >> okay. >> so, i'll move support, i think that robert leshner explained his strong finance background. being a chartered financial analyst. not only being a bond geek, but his experience with supporting small businesses and his work in the tech industry with a number of entities as well. and i think that he expressed strong interest in having attended the meetings from over two years ago, as well. and showing to me, seriou

cronin leshner or the two that are not here. >> i am happy to make a point to appoint, tim cronin to seat one and move to the committee report to the full board. and then i'm open to discussion for the other seats. >> okay. >> sure. >> does the committee know why the other members are not present? the other applicants? >> so i know that my staff reached out to both and we are not sure and --. >> are they still interested? >> you know --. >> mr. chair, i did receive correspondence from both applicants. barwid is not able to make it at the last minute and he had something come up. and i am not sure what that is, mr. townsend is in sacramento right now for a meeting. >> okay. >> so, i'll move support, i think that robert leshner explained his strong finance background. being a chartered financial analyst. not only being a bond geek, but his experience with supporting small businesses and his work in the tech industry with a number of entities as well. and i think that he expressed strong interest in having attended the meetings from over two years ago, as well. and showing to me, seriou