introduction, and to mfac and spur for the award. when someone wants to give you a lifetime achievement award are you [laughter] dead] it is a nice thing to think. i want to congratulate the other awardees and also the other nominees. i was nominated for this award several years ago and never won it. it is kind of like the academy awards. i have been extraordinarily fortunate in city government to have two of the best jobs anyone could ever have, the controller and the head of utilities for the city and county of san francisco. the rally has been a labor of love. i have enjoyed the substance of the job, the topics we engage in, but much more than that, the people. you have such incredibly smart, creative, wonderful, talented people that work for the city and county of san francisco who are so committed to public service and so intent on making sure we serve the people who come here and visit and the people who live here. it s a wonderful group to spend the last 28 years of
on television and the quality of work it is very impressive to me that we can do that on the public level. i have an extremely dedicated crew that worked with me. there s not a moment that i m not proud of everything i see out there and all the hard work. i am very honored to receive an award. i feel very fortunate to have people that will go above and beyond. it is due to their hard work and their efforts that they put on ain on a day-to-day basis. [applause] hi, everybody. i m the general manager of san francisco s recreation and park department. it s my incredible pleasure and honor to introduce you are mfac award winner, steve, ste castil. i would like to thank spur and mfac. thank you for this honor. being selected to receive such a prestigious award is such a great honor, but i think even greater considering all the top candidates. when i graduated from uc-davis, i learned the theory of being a manager. i needed something to show the reality but i quickly learned
to attach the documents in a standardized format. we do not have to go deeper anymore. i don t have a formal education in i.t., however, i have deployed some systems when i was working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. we implemented this. it took three months. people knew when they were going to get paid. i think we have a happy contractor community. these system improvements have really it increased service to our clients and reduced costs and really improved the bidding environment for our contractors. it s remarkable what she has done. been a public service being a public servant is a good thing. i love my job. i would never exchange it for anything else in the world. [applause] [applause] i am from the department of public works. i have the honor of introducing jocelyn quintos. i will just a real quick, jocelyn works very hard. through her work, a lot of contracts and a lot of work that she does she has brought new systems that
working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. we implemented this. it took three months. people knew when they were going to get paid. i think we have a happy contractor community. these system improvements have really it increased service to our clients and reduced costs and really improved the bidding environment for our contractors. it s remarkable what she has done. been a public service being a public servant is a good thing. i love my job. i would never exchange it for anything else in the world. [applause] [applause] i am from the department of public works. i have the honor of introducing jocelyn quintos. i will just a real quick, jocelyn works very hard. through her work, a lot of contracts and a lot of work that she does she has brought new systems that have saved a lot of tand time and allowed us to give contracts and make payments very fast. please meet jocelyn. [applause] first of all, i just want to thank spur and mfac fo
standing here. i do not even have a written speech. i will speak from the heart. today is a very important day for me and my family because this happens to be my father s death anniversary. i want to dedicate this to my father. my mom flew in tonight. my brother, who works for bart. [applause] i have my nephew, who is here tonight. i want him to see me so he can follow my footsteps sunday to give back to the community. with me here are my managers and supervisors. i also have my longtime friend, jamie, who has been here. i see my former boss here. i have been nominated so many times. it really feels like you won an oscar. lastly, i wanted to thank my husband, who has been not just a husband to me, but he has been my chauffeur [laughter] mike coy cook, personal photographer, and no. 1 critic. i know i forgot so many people tonight. you know who you are. if i can give more to the city, i will. thank you. [applause] they have extra photographers that travel with them. let s