Courtesy of robert and irene mcnamara. She recently retired as director of corporate social innovation and president of the caterpillar foundation. The philanthropic arm of the 46 billion manufacturing giant caterpillar inc. In addition to her 30 year career in various leadership positions at the company she recently helped transform the foundation into one of the worlds most influential corporate foundations, the launch of a collaborative impact platform known as together stronger, a catalyst for shared posterity, businesses, nonprofits, government and citizens to combine their strengths to alleviate poverty for millions of people worldwide. Please give a warm savanna welcome to michele sullivan. [applause] thank you so much and thank you to the savanna book festival for putting on a fabulous event. My first time here, i love it and i will definitely return and i love the weather. When i left home in illinois it was minus 8. I greatly appreciate the 60 degrees weather today. I also th
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