i think sandra and zula were my first clients. my boy was nine months old and he is going to turn 31 this year. >>> wow. >> so, for me it's a little bit like, yeah. >> no, i was a baby. >> 10 years old, okay. [laughter] >> everybody's like, maybe 12,ing? like that. but anyway, so, for me it's a little bit like -- the reason i bring up my son is because the local business program was my first assignment. i'm in many ways the mother of the lbe program. later the wbe program and the mbe program when it was challenged in the courts and, you know, i did everything that needed to do to defend it and we won on every ground. but the lbe program was my first child when i was myself a child in my 20s. and to hear that this baby has grown up and done so well and impacted so many lives, i've got to tell you, it's very humbling and very gratifying, especially to be recognized by my peers so i have to thank you from the bottom of my heart. thank you. (applause) >> and i want to share this with my commission, the commission on community investme

>> thank you, zula. it's an honor to be here and i am delighted to be the person who is in the cmd class. gwen caplan from ace mailing, ace digital. and i want to say that jocelyn kuntos and stacey camillo, could you come up here, please? (applause) >> thank you for your dedicated and generous commitment of time and energy and directions on how to do business with dpw. we were so grateful and thank you for your hospitality, for your knowledge, and your ability to really walk us through a complicated system and make it simple so that we could all understand. your outstanding services and dedication are tremendously appreciated by our class. thank you. so, jocelyn. >> this is for you as the san francisco public employee lbe advocate of the year, for your support, education, and training to the business development program, and encouraging cmd certified firms. so, thank you. congratulations. (applause) >> thank you for this award. i'm so honored and he very pleased. this is going to be definitely going to m

over the years, zula, you got us into the port. so, within a short five years we were working for sfpuc, dpw, muni, port, rec and park and what else? the airport. so, i have to say without your help, and that we just couldn't do it. tracy, also with your help, it was invaluable. and special thank you to emilio. he was our program manager on the transbay terminal project. when the little friend like ours got in trouble with the barkley bank, emilio, your support is appreciated. otherwise i would have many sleepless nights. all of this i think is -- were all challenges, but i think the best thing i can share with you is that i was so busy getting the stuff done i wasn't worrying about them. so, i think just put your nose to the grind stone and get some work done. you'll get somewhere. the support system is not anywhere else on this planet you can find. and my phone number is on the website. any time you type in olivia chen san francisco, you'll find me. and i will be very happy to share with you my experience, good and bad, and the h