awesome
so I want to thank all of the folks that
just dug in hard and helped us get that
out in such an extraordinary way I think
that the aftermath has been just
universally positive I was in fact
um with uh one of the big I would say
um collaborative environmental groups
last night at dinner and they understand
the real need for us to have an all of
the above future and the fact that we
can come together and drive hard on
Innovation and embrace Renewables but
also all other kinds of innovation and
also to make sure that it's affordable
and reliable and that's just been a
that's been a very consistent response
that we've received from folks who you
know may come from different
perspectives that there's really a path
forward here that can accomplish all of
our goals which is really great
um so fun
um and I know that all of you have been
in the middle of everything but now
you're really in the middle of
everything and it's kind of fun and and
so I just want to appreciate I just
wanted to know how much I appreciate all
your hard work a great team I loved the
collaborative approach to how everything
was done and uh and it was really fun to
be to get on this journey and now we got
to go actually make it work and so
that's really going to be a fun part of
all of this
um and I guess finally I just want to
let you know I I um I feel like I know
all of you so well because of all the
work that we've done together but agency
visits are really important for me and I
have I am I have made my way around to
just about every agency in Virginia and
I'm making them around again and again
and again and I think that this rhythm
of of me personally
meeting people understanding what you do
how you do it how you define success but
also sharing what our aspirations are so
that we have a common understanding and
direction is really important
I always tell everybody my job is to be
the fullback and that means I'm happy to
take the first hit I'm happy to clear
space because in that environment you
all then get to run and do the things
that you are so capable of doing uh I
have never wanted to look for gotchas or
to throw people under the bus and that's
probably because
um you know I'm not a politician I'm
actually a 30-year business guy and I
understand that what the way teams work
best is when you have really talented
people my job is to enable you and
support you it's also to be a full
Advocate when I need to be and that's
with the general assembly and that's
with any place else we have to be an
advocate and by the way I love that job
I love being the fullback
um and creating some space second of all
I think Rhythm matters and so the the
monthly management reviews that are now
in place and these kinds of meetings
give us a Common Language where we can
talk about objectives we can talk about
key results yes we talk about budgets we
can talk about aspirations that may not
be in the plan and what could we be
doing we can talk about how we judge
ourselves and who do we compare
ourselves to in order to see whether
we're good at what we do or not and I
just think those are all really good
management tools for not just setting
objectives but then charting a path to
get there at the end of the day we have
one basic job and that's to go serve
Virginians and to serve them the best we
possibly can and I am so encouraged I
just uh you know as I travel around and
get a chance to meet with so many
dedicated uh folks that have dedicated
their careers to the Commonwealth of
Virginia I am struck by one reality is
we have extra ordinary Talent
people are committed they are there
because they believe in the mission of
the Commonwealth of Virginia and boy
that is pretty exciting and so thank you
for all that you do and I just am so
excited about where we are and where
we're going and it's going to be fun to
watch all these exciting things that
happen over the course of the next
number of years so thank you thank you
[Applause]
thank you for your leadership deputy
secretary and uh thank you for your
leadership secretary and thank you for
your leadership deputy secretary so
um all right off we go
um