With CLEAR’s 28th annual conference only days away, we look forward to the extraordinary educational and networking opportunities that await us in Anchorage. My thanks go to Program Committee co-chairs Faye Lemon and Nancy Swetnam, and all those who have assembled such excellent conference content. Before we make that journey, I want to reflect on an exciting and productive year for our organization. The accompanying list of activities provides an idea of the breadth of work being undertaken by CLEAR, but today I would like to draw your attention to several initiatives I consider particularly noteworthy: