<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Dear Friends of Pollinator Partnership:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Please see the press release we are issuing today about the exciting news at Pollinator Partnership.   Here is the link:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><b><a href="https://pollinator.org/assets/globals/Pollinator-Partnership-Transition-April-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://pollinator.org/assets/globals/Pollinator-Partnership-Transition-April-2019.pdf</a>  </b></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">As I say in the press release, we are proud of Val Dolcini's appointment to work on Governor Gavin Newsom's team and know that he will serve the State of California well.  I will reprise my role as President and CEO, and Kelly Rourke, MS,  has been elevated to Director of Operations and Programs.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Kelly and I, and the entire multi-state and Canadian team at P2, are very much looking forward to working with you all on the over 30 programs that the Partnership and its many partners are engaged in together.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Feel free to contact me (<a href="mailto:LDA@pollinator.org" target="_blank">LDA@pollinator.org</a>) or Kelly (<a href="mailto:KR@pollinator.org" target="_blank">KR@pollinator.org</a>) if you have any questions. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">As a reminder, Pollinator Week is coming right up (June 17 to 23, 2019) - check our website at 

<a href="https://pollinator.org/pollinator-week" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" target="_blank">https://pollinator.org/pollinator-week</a> to pre-order this year's beautiful poster.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Laurie</div><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:right;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><br class="m_479034857275535842gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Laurie Davies Adams</span><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_479034857275535842gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">President and CEO </font></div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font size="2">Pollinator Partnership</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font size="2">423 Washington Street, 5th Floor</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font size="2">San Francisco, CA 94111</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">e:  </span><font color="#0b5394"><a href="mailto:lda@pollinator.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">lda@pollinator.org</span></a></font></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">w:  </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">www.pollinator.org</a></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font size="2">p:  415.260 8092</font></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/qFvFCWMd7ZB9TM_LTVdhWsdArNsUDMW59Vi8rJ7gNA7RNb-K0KMroCYBtke2Nf3mZeKPh264BhJoFbuEYxeDTfQmTCyzm7-ATcBBjGE0AAE3qKIMwouoSpETJTbAz_HciMqBu3o" width="40px;" height="40px;" style="border:none" alt="facebook.jpg"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Pollinator" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3tI8vtmJi_iMnB5jrgaZzGfcca46bGXziB3Ds7h9Gogn_oGHv3GSRVAnCocajGHqQgwzZpC7mouiUMBLaeQTdmfbns9AWNaLUnOKTJFD503VaRu_e-MFi6knsT91HYyC_TLtGQY" width="40px;" height="40px;" style="border:none"></span></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg/about" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/a2oQfAJ0Z9-1MGD-mrRp3X-81YwVDnKLQQAYc4R9svRUZT5hPJBX1r1DbcOliQ8VRpQTDBB8Xy7qLynmgCqL2LiXte8UIbc1I_f-f6SbUWY4HheeFvReSlhbGH9YC_yTZ5IxuiI" width="40px;" height="40px;" style="border:none"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-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