This week on SPN's Neighbors in the Network podcast: we chat with Jessica Gatewood, the Director of Development at the Show Me Institute, and we discuss her path to leadership coming from a business development background with for-profit companies, lessons learned during the pandemic, why people are leaving the state of Missouri, and much more!

This week on SPN's Neighbors in the Network podcast: we chat with Nicole Fox, the Director of Government Relations at the Platte Institute, and we discuss how to find common ground in your community, her path to leadership in her community, how we can work to overcome differences by building personal relationships with members of our community, how working in government relations is waaaay different than being a lobbyist, and much more!

This week on SPN's Neighbors in the Network podcast: we chat with Mark Cunningham, the Vice President of Strategy and Communications at the Beacon Center of Tennessee, and we discuss his path to leadership in the Network, his penchant for using culture in the Beacon’s messaging (where I ask "Is Nashville the cultural center of the country?"), the launch of their Beacon Poll initiative, and much more!

For our first episode, we sat down with Brooke Medina , the Vice President of Communications at the John Locke Foundation. Brooke made a connection that we loved which might surprise a few people. How can you love your neighbor? Public policy!