Directors report. Directors, happy new year. 2018 will be a very exciting year for the tbpa. My report today will include two presentations. First intention will be an annual year in review presentation that we present to you at the beginning of every year. It includes our accomplishments in 2017 and more importantly our goals in 2018. This presentation will also include the quarterly agreement reports, which you have a copy with you. Second item in my report will be the brief presentation on the Colliers International efforts for the leasing of the Transit Center. Lets go ahead with your report. About an hour. Your report is about an hour . Looks like were going to be shuffling the agenda around if thats okay with the board members. Okay. Well note that director kim has arrived, and with that, were going to go ahead were going to be losing quorum. So were going to be taking our regular calendar first so were going to be taking our regular calendar items out of order. Well come back to
All right, ladies and gentlemen, we are ready to get started with our third and final installment of todays event on oversight and accountability and Security Sector assistance. Again, i am melissa dalton, director of the sbashl Security Program here at csis. I am delighted to welcome to this panel a selection of colleagues and fellow travelers on the road of ssa reform who either currently serve in government, or have very recently departed Government Service at various nodes of the community. Starting on my far left is mr. Adam barker who is a professional staff member on the Senate Committee on armed services. Where he provides budgetary and policy oversight of department and defense programs, including Security Cooperation. To his right is dr. Dafna rand. She previously served as Deputy Assistant secretary in the bureau of democracy and human rights and labor, also served in other positions at the department of state and the National Security council. To her right is mr. Tommy ross
Minutes. Thank you so much. All right, ladies and gentlemen, we are ready to get started with our third and final installment of todays event on oversight and accountability and Security Sector assistance. Again, i am melissa dalton, director of the sbashl Security Program here at csis. I am delighted to welcome to this panel a selection of colleagues and fellow travelers on the road of ssa reform who either currently serve in government, or have very recently departed Government Service at various nodes of the community. Starting on my far left is mr. Adam barker who is a professional staff member on the Senate Committee on armed services. Where he provides budgetary and policy oversight of department and defense programs, including Security Cooperation. To his right is dr. Dafna rand. She previously served as Deputy Assistant secretary in the bureau of democracy and human rights and labor, also served in other positions at the department of state and the National Security council. To
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