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Suzanne Bates, of the Yankee Institute, is profiled by the Hartford Courant in her role as policy director of the non-partisan think tank.
Bates was a reporter for ten years before moving to Connecticut and putting her skills to work in the public policy arena. She also holds a Master’s degree from the Columbia School of Journalism.
She says that one of Yankee’s mission is to keep the conversation going, based on policy, not personal politics.
“We’re in gridlock now. People used to be able to separate the policy from the person. It was ‘I disagree with your policy.’ Now it’s ‘I disagree with you as a human being,'” Bates says. “You should be able to find people of all political stripes and get along with them. Because at the end of the day I think our goals are the same.”
