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Room here. Great to see so many members and sponsors and our board. Thanks for joining us here and welcome to trucon 2019. [applause] i am so glad youre hear with us today and i am especially grateful to those of you who traveled a great distance to be here. Thank you. Before we get underway i want to take a moment to thank those who helped make this event and so much of this possible. Were fortunate to be supported by sponsors in the work we do and the world we seek a create. Bob abernathy, Carnegie Corporation of new york, john d and kathyrn macarthur, and others, and with em to herb to the truman for over a decade. Mr. Sandler passed away and i was happy to have met him a few weeks ago. We are not just grateful for their continued investment since 2008, but the willingness to lead by example in funding and guiding the full fight for likemined organizations. Id like to thank board members, alvin, steven bailey, jake sullivan, john finer, matt spence. Franklin templeton investment. Gu
Thank you. Before we get underway, i want to take a moment to thank those who helped make this event and so much of our work possible. We are fortunate to be supported by a range of sponsors, who are partners, really, in the work that we do and the world that we seek to create. Thank you to our conference sponsors, bob abernathy, the Carnegie Corporation of new york, compton foundation, Craig Newmark philanthropies, the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, open society foundation, the sandler foundation, and here i just want to take a moment and recognize Herb Sandlers support to the Truman Community for over a decade. Mr. Sandler passed away just last week, and i am so glad to have met him just a few weeks ago. We are grateful not just for their continued investment in our Organization Since 2008, but for their willingness to lead by example in funding and guiding the good fight for a wide range of likeminded organizations. I would like to thank Board Members, john driscoll,
This is a goodlooking room. Welcome to trucon 2019. [applause] great to see so manys and members and sponsors and our board. Thanks so much for joining us here and welcome to trucon 2019. [applause] jenna i am so glad youre here with us today, and i am especially grateful to those of you who traveled a great distance to be here. Thank you. Before we get underway, i want to take a moment to thank those who helped make this event and so much of our work possible. We are fortunate to be supported by a range of sponsors, who are partners, really, in the work that we do and the world that we seek to create. Thank you to our conference sponsors, bob abernathy, the Carnegie Corporation of new york, compton foundation, Craig Newmark philanthropies, the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, open society foundation, the sandler foundation, and here i just want to take a moment and recognize Herb Sandlers support to the Truman Community for over a decade. Mr. Sandler passed away just las
i m joined today by ambassador maria vonovich and the book of course is lessons from the edge and you know, it s that must be something to see not only your life story here between two covers but also this big beautiful picture of you staring out and it s you know in many ways. that s a good place to start. i think ambassador yvonovich because you re clearly in a town full of self promoters and you know people who want to slap their name and their picture on everything. you re clearly a very reluctant public figure and that comes through in this memoir that it s the story of a public servant and not a public figure and so let s start with that. you know, this is a book conversation. writing a memoir about essentially not wanting to write a memoir and put yourself in the center of the story. was that like yeah. well, thank you for for having me here today. it s a pleasure to talk with you. it was a challenge to write the book quite frankly. i am an introvert by nature don t li