White woman with dark blue shirt and black jacket and black hat with brown hair, gray background, Stephanie Clark (SC) President of MSAD. Light skin Latina woman with brown and gray hair, gray shirt, with black watch, bracelet, and gray background, Ivy Velez, Vice President of MSAD community relations. (SC) I’ve been driving and thinking about Fall Foliage, how colors change and how leaves fall to the ground. There are changes with life, people, board transitions but the leaves on the ground were the key for keeping the tree alive and strong. Made me think about MSAD’s tree, who kept MSAD’s tree alive and strong in the past two years? our Past President, Stephanie Hakulin (SJ) . With Covid pandemic, civil rights issues in our country, protests, and many things happened in our country – SJ was there for us. SJ kept MSAD’s tree alive and strong with Community Chats, being involved in various committees i.e. State House Access. MSAD would like to recognize SJ’s work and commitment to MSAD. (IVY) There are many leaves under MSAD’s tree, so many community members were behind SJ and giving support in many different ways to keep MSAD alive and strong. MSAD would like to thank community members for keeping MSAD alive and strong. (SC) With the new board transition, SJ has been there – available via text and FT and MP to ensure that there is a smooth transition. MSAD ‘s Tree was established when MSAD was first formed years ago and thousands of people fed MSAD’s tree. Again, thank you SJ for your service and commitment to MSAD. Now that SJ is Vice President of NAD, what does this mean for MSAD? (IVY) MSAD will have a close relationship with NAD with information and support. With MSAD’s most recent social media posts, SJ has “liked’ the post which inspires us and we feel supported by SJ as our Past President. Thank you SJ for standing strong with us! (SC) Yes and SJ continues to post social media information to share with us on various topics. MSAD looks forward to working with SJ in her role as Vice President of NAD. Thank you SJ! (IVY) YES! Thank you SJ!