I'm looking forward to seeing you this year at OGR's Annual Conference! Our board and staff have worked to offer virtual connection opportunities in the three years since our last in-person meeting to help keep our connections strong, but I am excited that we will finally have the opportunity to step outside the Zoom box and see each other again in the flesh.

This year's meeting in Indianapolis from May 15 - 17 promises to be full of informative learning, great discussion and the chance for us to finally visit and catch up. 

It will also be the time when I hand over the gavel of leadership of our association to President-elect Paul Hummel, III. Paul is coming to the presidency with some great ideas and I look forward to seeing those ideas come to fruition, and to being a support to him in any way I can in my year as Immediate Past President.

The coming year in our association will also be shaped, in part, by the results of our member-needs survey, which opened in late March. Depending on when you read this, it may still be open and available for participation. If so, I encourage you to take part so the board can make important decisions regarding the future of OGR based on as many members' voices as possible. To those who have already answered the survey, on behalf of the entire board and our staff, thank you for your time and input! 

I hope you can attend the conference this year and I look forward to seeing you soon.

In Service, 

Evan J. Strong
OGR President, 2021-22