Higher level of readiness. This is an hour. Mr. Secretary d afternoon, nicholas mr. Secretary how are you. Mark hi, nick. Nicholas i want to say what an honor it is for you, ladies and gentlemen. Bably the busiest person on the planet these days. I just want to say to welcome you what an honor it is for us ladies and gentlemen the 27 secretary of defense he has been for the past year and previously secretary of the army. Very distinguished record of Public Service activeduty after graduation from west point for ten years and then the reserve for 11 years. We look forward to a good conversation. I thank you have met our moderator before as a mutual friend of ours. From Bridgewater Associates he also has a distinguished career Public Service as under secretary of treasury and even i Work Together while we were in these two roles also a graduate of west point not the same year of secretary esper but at the same time. I will turn this over to you. Thank you. Secretary esper thank you for j
[applause] thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for this book talk. Brick by brick, building hope and opportunity for women survivors everywhere, by karen sherman. What a powerful title, right . Each word of the title has power within its own self, and i think that you will see that illuminated today during the conversation that karen will have with barbara. Im marjorie san, im manager director at ascend at the as spend institute and its my pleasure to step in for my boss, ann mosley, the executive director of asend and also a Vice President at the as spend institute. U fortunately she had family emergency today and is nose able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. It was her honor to host the book talk because she has known karen as a very close friend for many, many years and if you know ann, you know that personal and professional relationships and commitments are really important to her. So only an emergency would have kept her from open
Each word of the title has power within its own self. I think you will see that illuminated today during a conversation that Karen Sherman will have with barbara. I am the managing director of the Aspen Institute and it is my pleasure to step in for my boss, and mosley, who is executive director and Vice President at the Aspen Institute. Unfortunately she had a family emergency and is not able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. It was her honor to host this booktalk because she has known Karen Sherman as a close friend for many many years. If you know her you know her personal and professional relationships and commitments are important to her. Only an emergency would have kept her from opening this up. Thank you for being here. Im not going to spend a lot of time on introductions because you have the bios in front of you and it is important to get into the conversation. I am honored to be able to introduce her because ive known her work for a number of years. The
Everwhere. By karen sherman. What a title, right . Each word of the title has meaning within itself and i think you will see that eliminated today during the conversation that karen will have with barbara. I am Marjorie Sims managing director at the Aspen Institute and sly pleasure to step in for my boss pam mosley who is the executive director of aspen and the Vice President at the Aspen Institute. Unfortunately she had a family emergency today and is not able to speak she was heavily involved in the planning and it was her honor to be able to host this book talk because she has been a very close friend for many years. If you know ann you know the personal relationships and commitments are very important to her so only in emergency would have kept her from opening this up. Again thank you for being here and im not going to spend a lot of time because you have the bios in front of you and i think its important to get into the conversation that i am honored to be able to introduce karen
Thank you good afternoon everyone for joining us for this book talk brick by brick building hopes and opportunity what a powerful title. Each word of the title has power within its own self and you will see that illuminated during the conversation today that karen will have with barbara. I am the managing director at the Aspen Institute its my pleasure to step in for my boss for the executive director and also Vice President at the Aspen Institute. And fortunately she had a family emergency today and is not able to make it. But she was heavily involved in the planning of which we are honored to host this book talk because she knows karen has a very close friend for many many years. And if you know and you know their commitments are important to her. Only an emergency would have kept her from this. So thank you for being here i will not spend a lot of time on introductions because you have the bio in front of you its important to get you into the conversation but i am honored to introdu