Blake Neff

The reason Erica is front and center at Turning Point is because when Charlie was alive, people repeatedly asked, Charlie, we're worried something will happen to you.

People always speculated that something could happen to Charlie.

And when he was asked, first of all, he was totally fearless.

He would just say, oh, it'll be fine.

Erica will take over for me.

That is what he said over and over.

I saw them interact.

All the time, almost on a daily basis, even when he was traveling, he was calling her all the time, he was talking to her all the time.

Charlie and Erica were partners.

They were husband and wife in a deep way.

Their marriage was incredibly admirable.

I've seen a lot of marriages, some of them are good, some of them are bad.

Charlie and Erica's was exceptional.

They were on the same wavelength.

I saw how much that relationship, I didn't know Erica as well prior to Charlie's death, but especially in the wake of it, I saw how much

Everything he'd done meant to her and how completely committed she was to fulfilling his mission, what he had done in life, that she knew the life I thought I was going to live has changed very abruptly, but I am fearlessly going to embrace the new one because I know it's what I have to do for my husband and for his legacy.

That is the reason she was put front and center.

And she hasn't really.

She's become the CEO of the organization because that is what...

Charlie wanted, and it's because I saw it with all the people who were senior at Turning Point.