Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity and inclusion strategy at read more

Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity and inclusion strategy at our company. Her long history of service at BellSouth and in the community combined with her breadth of business knowledge makes her a tremendous asset to this Board.

The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.

The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.

It works exceedingly well. We have the perfect spot on the rise.

It works exceedingly well. We have the perfect spot on the rise.

This gives us a range of things we could do. Some of that is pretty big dollar amounts. The next read more

This gives us a range of things we could do. Some of that is pretty big dollar amounts. The next step will be ... how do we choose among those options and how do we pay for it?

Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.

Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he read more

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. - On Doing What One Likes.

We were hearing what some of their CD's, what they were saying on some of their CD's and frankly it read more

We were hearing what some of their CD's, what they were saying on some of their CD's and frankly it got the ire up a little bit of some of the local police agencies. And that really helped to motivate everyone in terms of getting going on this investigation.

That's my goal. I'd love to have that happen. If things fall into the right place and I work hard, read more

That's my goal. I'd love to have that happen. If things fall into the right place and I work hard, maybe it will happen. I'm just going to work hard and do the same things that got me here. Hopefully that's enough. I hope they like the way I play and I can get a spot.