 honored and humbled to be part of the 50 most influential women in media advertising marketing as chosen by impact magazine to me what's particularly heartening is the fact that you know made a career transition a mid-career career transition that happened you know after spending nearly two decades in the media now into the world of public policy and I think it's equally exciting to say how the two worlds really meet how the transition has been very very exciting and how the media world continues to be very relevant to me in whichever field I go to here on it's great to see how women bring many many qualities on the table which in some ways many surveys have now proven that having women leaders on companies boards having more women in leadership positions in companies actually impacts the company's performance positively so not only is it something which is a nice to have and we understand that many many companies are now talking diversity and inclusion they are taking a number of initiatives to make sure the gender equality is a reality but they're also increasingly realizing that the mere presence of women is impacting business performance in a very very positive way and that's clearly because they bring a number of skills to the table that help improve the overall performance of companies