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Stuart Butler is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution. Prior to joining Brookings, Butler spent 35 years at The Heritage Foundation, as Director of the Center for Policy Innovation and earlier as Vice-President for Domestic and Economic Policy Studies. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution. He is a member of the editorial board of Health Affairs and the board of Mary's Center, a group of Washington DC-area community health centers. Patrick Ishmael is the director of government accountability at the Show-Me Institute. He is a native of Kansas City and graduate of Saint Louis University, where he earned honors degrees in finance and political science and a law degree with a business concentration. His writing has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Weekly Standard, and dozens of publications across the state and country. Ishmael is a regular contributor to Forbes and HotAir.com. His policy work predominantly focuses on tax, health care, an

Walter Blanks Jr. is a Communications Associate at AFC and the first private school choice program recipient AFC has hired. Before joining AFC full-time, Walter was chosen for the first cohort of the American Federation for Children Future Leaders Fellowship, a year-long advocacy and professional development program for graduates of private school choice programs. Before moving to Washington, D.C. to join the national team, Walter championed educational freedom and shared his story across the country serving as a 2018 50CAN National Voices Fellow, an advocacy fellowship that aims to find, connect and support young leaders in education. The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

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Patrick Ishmael is the director of government accountability at the Show-Me Institute. He is a native of Kansas City and graduate of Saint Louis University, where he earned honors degrees in finance and political science and a law degree with a business concentration. Elias Tsapelas is a Senior Analyst at the Show-Me Institute. Before joining the Show-Me Institute, he worked for the State of Missouri’s Department of Economic Development and Office of Administration—Division of Budget & Planning. His research interests include economic development, health policy, and budget-related issues. The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

On July 9, 2020 Dr. Michael Q. McShane, Director of National Research at EdChoice and Senior Fellow of Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute hosted a panel discussion on how to safely reopen Missouri Schools. The panel included: Dr. Susan Pendergrass - Director of Research and Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute Senator Cindy O’Laughlin - Missouri’s 18th Senatorial District Representative Chuck Basye - Represents Missouri's 47th District in the Missouri House of Representatives Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ This event was sponsored by EdChoice: https://www.edchoice.org/ The Show-Me Institute and Show-Me Opportunity

Ranken CEO, Stan Shoun brings a background of military service, a degree in aeronautical engineering and a long career in technical education to his position. Embarking on a second career in education after retiring from the US Navy in 1996, Shoun served as the Vice President of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at Central Virginia Community College (CVCC) in Lynchburg, Va., and also served as that college’s Dean of Math, Science and Engineering. Most recently, he held the position as President of Ranken Technical College (2009-2019). As CEO, Shoun is responsible for strategic planning of programs and partnerships that integrate education and workforce solutions. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Brian Blase was Special Assistant to the President at WH National Economic Council '17-'19; CEO of Blase Policy Strategies. Elias Tsapelas is a Senior Analyst at the Show-Me Institute. Learn more about Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Howard Wall, Ph.D., directs the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and is a Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Economics and the Environment. He is also a Professor of Economics in Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship at Lindenwood University. Prior to joining Lindenwood in 2011, Wall was a vice president and regional economics adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In addition, he spent ten years as an academic in the economics departments at West Virginia University and Birkbeck College, University of London; had two stints as a visiting scholar at the Bank of Japan; and was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Instituto de Economía de Montevideo, Uruguay. Wall has published more than 50 papers in scholarly journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, and the Journal of Regional Science. Learn more about the Show-Me I

Nathan Willett is an algebra II teacher in the Kansas City Public School District and an intern at the Show-Me Institute. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

As director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, Lindsey Burke oversees the foundation’s research and policy on issues pertaining to preschool, K-12, and higher education reform. Burke’s commentary, research, and op-eds have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, and she is a frequent guest on radio and television shows and speaks on education reform issues across the country and internationally. She has published evaluations of education choice options for public policy foundations across the country, and has done extensive work developing and evaluating education savings accounts (ESAs).

On May 21, Show-Me Institute co-hosted a virtual town hall featuring National Review Institute's Richard Brookhiser and Justin Dyer, Director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri. In his latest book, NRI fellow Richard Brookhiser recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of thirteen essential documents. He offers up a truer and more inspiring story of American nationalism as it has evolved over four hundred years. He makes the case that Americans have always sought liberty, asked for it, fought for it; every victory has been the fulfillment of old hopes and promises. This is our nationalism, and we should be proud of it. This event was sponsored by: National Review Institute, Show-Me Institute, Kinder Institute, and The Kansas City Public Library.

Andy Smarick is the Director, Civil Society, Education and Work; Resident Senior Fellow at R Street where he researches and writes about civil-society issues, including localism, governing institutions, education and social entrepreneurship. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Neal McCluskey is the director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom. He is the author of the book Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education and is co‐​editor of Educational Freedom: Remembering Andrew Coulson, Debating His Ideas and Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America’s Broken Ivory Tower. He also maintains Cato’s Public Schooling Battle Map, an interactive database of values and identity‐​based conflicts in public schools, and is on the editorial advisory board of The Line, a journal promoting civil discourse in K‑12 policy debates. His writings have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Forbes. In addition to his written work, McCluskey has appeared on PBS, CNN, the Fox News Channel, and numerous radio programs. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: showmeinstitute.org The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

On May 4, 2020, The Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall on the topic of How to Reopen America with guest speaker Dr. Arthur B. Laffer and Senator Jim Talent Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/

Corianna Baier is an Analyst at the Show-Me Institute. Corianna grew up in Michigan, where she earned her B.S. in Economics from Hillsdale College. She then earned her M.A. in Economics from Troy University. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute:https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

On April 3, 2020 the Show-Me Institute hosted a Telephone Town Hall on Economic Recovery After a Pandemic with guest speakers Andy Puzder and Senator Jim Talent. Speaker: Andy Puzder is the author of The Capitalist Comeback, a Senior Fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and for more than 16 years he was the CEO of CKE Restaurants, the owner of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardees quick service restaurant chains. He was President Trump’s first nominee for Secretary of Labor and is a frequent guest on cable news and a speaker at colleges and universities. Moderated by: Senator Jim Talent brings over 30 years of government and political experience including service in both chambers of Congress. He is a nationally-recognized leader on military affairs whose counsel is frequently sought by administrations and members of the House and Senate on both sides of the political aisle. Senator Talent has worked for decades on readiness issues including military preparedness, combating bio-weapons and re

Michael Q. McShane is Director of National Research at EdChoice and a Senior Fellow of Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute. His analyses and commentary have been published widely in the media, including in the Huffington Post, National Affairs, USA Today, and The Washington Post. He has also been featured in education-specific outlets such as Teachers College Commentary, Education Week, Phi Delta Kappan, and Education Next. In addition to authoring numerous white papers, McShane has had academic work published in Education Finance and Policy and the Journal of School Choice. He is the editor of New and Better Schools (Rowman and Littlefield, 2015), the author of Education and Opportunity (AEI Press, 2014), and coeditor of Teacher Quality 2.0 (Harvard Education Press, 2014) and Common Core Meets Education Reform (Teachers College Press, 2013). Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is Produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ On March 27, 2020 the SHow-Me Institute hosted a telephone town hall on the coronavirus pandemic with guest speakers Colonel Randall Larsen and Senator Jim Talent. Speakers: Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF (ret) serves as the National Security Advisor at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, a position he has held since 2005. After a distinguished career of service in the USAF, Colonel Larsen became a leader in homeland security and in particular in the area of defense from a bio attack. In that capacity he has become the go-to expert on pandemic resilience for think tanks, universities, the press, and political leaders of both Parties. He was the CEO of the Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center which produced the Bio-Response Report Card, the first and only stem to stern study of America’s pandemic resilience. It was and remains the gold standard for epidemiologists and public health authorities. He is the author of a number of

Kevin Erdmann is a Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center. Erdmann is currently engaged in two book projects with Mercatus on housing finance, land-use restrictions, and monetary policy. His first book, Shut Out (Rowman & Littlefiled, 2019) offers a contrarian theory on the causes of the housing boom and bust. Find Shut Out here: https://amzn.to/2PCJ6bd The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Neal McCluskey is the director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom. He is the author of the book Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education and is co‐​editor of Educational Freedom: Remembering Andrew Coulson, Debating His Ideas and Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America’s Broken Ivory Tower. He also maintains Cato’s Public Schooling Battle Map, an interactive database of values and identity‐​based conflicts in public schools, and is on the editorial advisory board of The Line, a journal promoting civil discourse in K‑12 policy debates. His writings have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Forbes. In addition to his written work, McCluskey has appeared on PBS, CNN, the Fox News Channel, and numerous radio programs. McCluskey holds an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, where he double‐​majored in government and English, has a master’s degree in political science