i'm not sure if the applicants are all here today, so i will call krute singa and marius starkey. >> thank you. shall i go ahead? thank you, committee members, for the opportunity to speak today. my name is -- yeah. supervisor kim: we can take a moment to let folks filter in and filter out. >> thank you again for the opportunity to speak today, my name is kurte singa, -- krute singa, and i am interested in becoming a member of the market indicate the the community advisory committee. -- market and octavia community advisory committee. i am interested in involving and prioritizing community involvement projects. and in particular, multi-modal access projects. creating housing stock that is affordable, and funding strategies for community improvement. what i bring to the community is over 10 years' professional experience in urban planning and multi-modal transportation. establishing projects that improve pedestrian, bicycle, and transit access closely tied to land use and economic development. i am currently a working for the san francisco department of the environment where i manage

we have krute for seat one and kenneth wingard for seat four. >> let me make one other suggestion. mr. coehen, you're in seat three. we don't have applicants for seat 3, and w. very well but we were impressed with what you had to say. i would be happy to forward you back to see three if that is ok with you. otherwise, it will be vacant. that is something i would like to do unless there is any objection. supervisor kim: the you feel comfortable representing the low-income seat? >> thank you, supervisor. in the perspective, and understand the dynamics of community development and particularly that we have low- income members of the community. for me, the value standpoint and a prospective lybrand, sometimes with a certain level of push, i get it. if it was up to you in how appropriate it is, there are other people who are more low- income that i am. i am not a high-income, but i respect that as one option. supervisor kim: i actually would like to see low and come in the seat because there are several -- i know that there are other appointments that the mayor's office makes. no one ap

insurance giant marsh at the time and when marsh hired away 13 employees, he recruited -- employees, he are kruted newman. >> i went to an industry conference and a senior person from her former employer said we want a truce. i thought she must really be good. you take 13, i take one, you want a truce. i feel even better. >> tom: newman quickly proved she was a very special talent. >> she just, i'll say relentless to pursue her goal. and that's what causes this make it happen, and i've seen it for the 20 plus years that we worked together and it unique. >> there's nothing she doesn't see. she's an unbelievable keene skill set. she identifies everyone's top qualities and she has the ability to bring those out. that's what she does for me every day. >> i've got a little cliche that you've probably heard, the speed of the leader is the speed of the team. and because she travels, at a very high accelerated pace. and that moves everybody else with her. >> tom: what does an insurance broker do? an insurance broker serves as an advocate for someone who needs the insurance. the client matching them up wit

for seat 1, i was very impressed by krute. if i am announcing that right. i am really impressed and we would be glad to see you on board. i will make the motion to approve miss singa for seat one. supervisor wiener: i second. supervisor kim: without opposition. thank you, miss singa. i was also very impressed and i think you can bring a lot of expertise. i think there is only one woman on this committee, so it will be great to get more women on this committee. we can do that without opposition. supervisor wiener: for seat two, i did confirm ahead of time with of the clerk and also with the city attorney that we have the discretion to appoint anyone to any see that they are qualified for regardless of what number of seats they listed. there are few situations where people applied for some seats but not others, but my understanding is that does not by us as long as they are qualified for the seat. for c two, this is a tough one. i don't know carmela gold very well, but i have heard positive things about her. tom owens, he approached me about being more involv