Steven Metzger | Executive Vice President, Secretary, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel |
Mel Payne | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
Carlos Quezada | President and Chief Operating Officer |
Ben Brink | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Alex Paris | Barrington Research |
Liam Burke | B. Riley |
George Kelly | ROTH Capital Partners |
Good day. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Carriage Services Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I'd now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Steve Metzger, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel.