Okay. Now is the moment we have been waiting for. It is my pleasure to welcome to the stage Sharmila Mona Sinha and Michele Goodwin for a keynote conversation. Mona Sinha is a globally recognized advocate, thought leader, and philanthropist who works tirelessly on behalf of gender equality in business and in society. She co-led the largest-to-date capital campaign for women's education, totaling nearly a half-a-billion dollars. Mona's career began in finance, spanning Morgan Stanley, Unilever, and the restructuring of Elizabeth Arden/Unilever, to her critical work today at the intersection of social justice and women's leadership. She has been described as having a muscle for finance and a passion for justice. She has worn many hats in advocating for human rights and advancement of girls and women. She currently serves as Board Chair of Women Moving Millions, a community of women who fund boldly, committing at least a million dollars each year to lifting the lives of women and girls, Chair of the ERA Coalition Fund for Women's Equality, and Vice Chair of the Executive Council of the Smithsonian's American Women's History Museum. Today Mona is Global Executive Director of Equality Now, a critically important feminist organization that uses law to promote and protect the human rights of all women and girls throughout the globe. She and her colleagues create, reform, challenge, and apply the law to establish enduring equality for women and girls throughout the world.

Thank you to the ASIL Selection Committee, the Annual Meeting Co-Chairs, President Gregory Shaffer, and Executive Director Michael D. Cooper for presenting me with the 2023 Goler T. Butcher Medal. I gratefully use this wonderful occasion to present a lecture to ASIL members.