Tell us a little bit about your background.

Uh, so I was mayor at the city of Petersburg, uh, from 2004, uh, through 2013, and, uh, then, uh, took a, uh, short stint with the State of Indiana for a while with the, uh, Office of Community and Rural Affairs, and then went to, uh, the consulting world with an engineering firm.

Uh, for years it was Midwestern Engineers, and last year we were acquired by CHA, which is, uh, just a, a wonderful, uh, you know, w- larger firm that has a more of a nationwide presence.

And it's been a big transition for me over the last year.

Uh, what are some of the things that you really l- enjoy about this conference?

You know, I, I love it since they've rebranded it as the Ideas Summit, because that's really what this is about, the thought leadership that goes into, you know, what it takes to, to, to move a community forward an- and that drive, that local prosperity.

You know, you're, you're talking about big picture ideas.

You're talking about, you know, hot button issues that are...