Please note: This event is for young professionals 21-40.
The America’s Future Nashville Chapter (AF-Nashville) is a place for camaraderie, community, and connection for Millennials and Gen Z leaders, changemakers, and professionals who are working toward a common purpose: being active, engaged citizens and fostering communities that embrace the ideas of free markets, limited government, and personal responsibility.
Join us to discuss Nashville's economic development with Patrick Tuohey of Better Cities Project and Nashville Councilman Jeff Eslick! They'll share insights on shaping a better Nashville economy that works for ALL of us, not just the politically well connected. Together we'll explore the key drivers that influence Nashville's economic future, and what we can do to make it a better place to live.
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About the Speakers
Patrick Tuohey
Patrick Tuohey is co-founder and policy director of the Better Cities Project which aims to deliver the best in public policy research from around the country to local leaders, communities, and voters. He works to foster understanding of the consequences — often unintended — of local policies regarding economic development, taxation, education, policing and transportation. In 2021, Patrick served as a fellow of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas and is currently a visiting fellow at the Yorktown Foundation for Public Policy in Virginia.
Prior to founding BCP, Patrick served as the director of municipal policy at the Missouri-based Show-Me Institute. Patrick’s essays have been published widely in print and online in the Midwest and around the country including newspapers around the country, The Hill and Reason Magazine. His essays on economic development, education and policing have been published in the three most recent editions of the Greater Kansas City Urban League’s “State of Black Kansas City.” Patrick’s work on the intersection of those topics spurred parents and activists to oppose economic development incentive projects where they are not needed and was a contributing factor in the KCPT documentary, “Our Divided City” about crime, urban blight and public policy in Kansas City.
Patrick operated his own corporate market research company in Maryland and then relocated to Kansas City in 2005. He previously served as an aide to U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.) in Washington, DC, and as director of communications for Frank Luntz’s polling shop, representing the firm and its research to members of the U.S. Senate and House as well as regularly attending congressional staff meetings. He has developed research methodologies for clients such as Monsanto, Anheuser-Busch, the National Sheriffs Association, the Christian Coalition, the Center for Alcohol and Substance Abuse, ABC News, and NBC News. Patrick received a bachelor’s degree from Boston College in 1993.
Jeff Eslick
Newly elected Councilman Eslick grew up in Nashville. He earned an associate's degree from Volunteer State and his bachelor's at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). He's a small business owner with most of his career in sales and marketing. Over the years, he's helped many Nashville businesses build their identity and get where they want to be with focused priorities and creative problem-solving. He's passionate about serving Nashville and making it the best city in the country.
About America's Future
America’s Future empowers young people to be active, civil, and curious citizens who build freer communities that lead to fulfillment, dignity, and happiness for all. Learn more at americasfuture.org.
