{"id":8352,"date":"2022-07-07T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/?p=8352"},"modified":"2022-07-07T23:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T04:31:01","slug":"meet-our-new-team-member-gwen-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/meet-our-new-team-member-gwen-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our New Team Member: Gwen 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\/gwen-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gwen Smith<\/a>, our Criminal Justice Policy Manager:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello everyone! My name is Gwen Smith and I am honored to be joining the Empower Missouri team as the Criminal Justice Policy Manager. 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