{"id":8286,"date":"2022-05-27T07:18:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2022-05-27T07:18:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:18:44","slug":"meet-our-new-team-member-amber-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/meet-our-new-team-member-amber-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our New Team Member: Amber Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Empower Missouri is growing, and we\u2019re excited to introduce you to several new team members over the coming weeks. Today let\u2019s hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/personnel\/amber-smith\/\">Amber Smith<\/a>, our new Affordable Housing Policy Manager:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! My name is Amber Smith. I joined Empower Missouri three months ago as one of two Affordable Housing Policy Managers. I live and work at the Lake of the Ozarks, MO. 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