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Where did this vision come from?

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I grew up professionally in the US Army.

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And contrary to what many folks might believe,

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leadership in the Army is not about giving orders

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and flexing your rank or your position in the hierarchy.

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There's obviously a time for giving orders.

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But the way that I learned how to lead others

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and the way that I was led growing up

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was through relationship and through trust building

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and through empathy and compassion for each other.

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I think that's counterintuitive to a lot of folks.

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But it really is the most effective way

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to build teams, to create buy-in, to create energy

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towards a common purpose.

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And that's something that I want to translate out

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into the rest of the professional world,

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and in particular, the legal world,

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because I've seen the value of that kind of leadership.

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And having left the Army, having worked in government,

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having worked within the legal profession more broadly,

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I've seen the need for it.

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And that's not to say that I'm the only person out there who

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can do that, or it's the only method of success.

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But I think it is the best way to go forward.

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And it's the thing that I am here

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to do for the profession.