you, Madam President, and shout out to miss Richardson Phillips over there at Loyola, great school, not in district one, but I spent many, many years over there. A great individual by the name of Jonathan Clark served over there, and still has he left us a few years ago, but he left a major mark on the students who were there, the administrators who were there and within the community as well of brightmore, so you have, without a shadow of a doubt, landed yourself in a great position, and we all all here to support you as we move forward. So congratulations. I'm here as amazing. We're still having first in 2024 but here we are, and we are also here to celebrate someone who we work very close with, certainly in the Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee, and Mr. Cole Sherrod Freeman, if you can, please come forward. Yeah, some of us get an opportunity to work with directors Group executives, more so than others, based on the committees that we're in. And I will tell you that it was a immense pleasure to work with Nicole. We spent many, many, many, many nights on the phone, going over many, many, many, many, many deals. They would say that she was the Tate whisperer. And because some folks, you know, it's real talk, I'm a little bit difficult to work with sometime. Well, surprise, surprise. No, no, but Nicole, whenever we had an opportunity to, whenever she spoke, it was always a situation where you trusted what she said, because there was never a situation afterwards when you were going, wait, what? Why didn't I know that she would always right up front say, here's the cards. I'm gonna let you know, here's the real deal right on the table, which gave us an opportunity to truly have real negotiation, real conversation, and, more than anything, trust, because there was always a next deal that was coming. And so really appreciate we didn't give an opportunity, get an opportunity to honor you on your way out, you are now on to brighter things, bigger things, but you not far, not far at all. She was just named, just about two weeks ago as the incoming President of the Community Foundation of southeastern Michigan. Y'all give a round of applause, but she had been at the location. Had been there for some time when she left here as the COO and she's got a number of plaques. We got to work on brevity in my office. But when you have a career that is as Harold as yours, and is one that is important as it has been, I think it's important take the time to celebrate you while you can absorb it yourself. And I'm honored to be able to be in a position to do that along with my colleagues. So we're just going to go and we're not going to read it all. But first, whereas, whereas a seasoned ecosystem leader and systems thinker, Nicole Sherri Friedman has 30 years of tri sector experience across corporate, nonprofit, government and philanthropic spaces. She has shown measurable successes, success, excuse me, leading complex cross section, sector operations, private partner, private, public partnerships and human capital initiatives at scale. Her track record includes leading the overhaul of a public workforce system with revenues of more than $100 million in federal, state, city, corporate and philanthropic funding and directing the City of Detroit's economic development function, reporting directly to Mayor Mike Duggan and 30 member public board of directors, she was The Chief Economic and Workforce Development Officer for the City of Detroit. And Detroit at work, she led a team responsible for securing more than five with a B, billion dollars in public and private real estate development, while ensuring that more than 70,000 summer jobs for youth through the Grow Detroit young talent initiative and more than 40,000 adult job placements took place. And whereas, prior to her role at the city of Detroit, Miss Gerard Freeman, Mrs. Gerard Freeman, was president and chief executive officer of the quasi governmental Workforce Agency Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation, she grew the the agency, from $37 million to 78 million in revenue, while producing reliance on reducing the reliance on federal funding by 21% in a four year period. And that's important, because those federal funds are constantly dwindling. And whereas Mrs. Gerard Freeman credits the city of Detroit residents, Detroit City Council, the mayor's cabinet, the administration, and of course, Mayor Mike Duggan for the most significant professional learning and professional and personal growth experiences of her entire career, she spent four years from 2014 to 2018 as a managing director for Corporation for a skilled workforce, a national research to action nonprofit. During her tenure, the organization led JP Morgan Chase's New Skills At Work portfolio in Detroit, and whereas, in july 2023 Nicole Sherrod Freeman accepted the role of Chief Operating Officer at the Community Foundation of southeastern Michigan, a public charitable foundation with $1.2 billion in assets under management, awarding more than $100 million annually in community gifts and grants. And whereas Mr. Sherrod Freeman serves as the also serves as the Senior Advisor to the University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policies, poverty solution initiatives, and is on the leadership board of work rise, an initiative of the Urban Institute. Now therefore be it resolved that on this day, September 24 2024 the entire Detroit City Council hereby presents this testimonial resolution as an expression of gratitude and esteem to honor Miss Nichole Freeman for the service and dedication to the city of Detroit, commemorating the professional excellence that she demonstrates while trailblazing a New Era and unwavering commitment to philanthropy, to philanthrop philanthropy. Excuse me on behalf of the residents of the city of Detroit and southeastern Michigan. Congratulations. Congratulations and thank you.