Jim Davis | President, Chief Executive Officer |
Sam Samad | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Shawn Bevec | Vice President, Investor Relations |
Ann Hynes | Mizuho Securities |
Patrick Donnelly | Citi |
Jack Meehan | Nephron Research |
AJ Rice | Credit Suisse |
Pito Chickering | Deutsche Bank |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies |
Kevin Caliendo | UBS |
Andrew Brackmann | William Blair |
Derik de Bruin | Bank of America |
Elizabeth Anderson | Evercore ISI |
Rachel Vatsndal | JP Morgan |
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Now I’d like to introduce Shawn Bevec, Vice President, Investor Relations for Quest Diagnostics.