Patrick M. Brenner is the founder and president of the Southwest Public Policy Institute, a research institute dedicated to improving the quality of life in the American Southwest by formulating, promoting, and defending sound public policy solutions.
Prior to launching SPPI, Patrick worked in public relations and marketing at an Albuquerque, New Mexico firm. Patrick’s experience in public relations, advocacy for transparency, and a desperate longing for accountable government have primed him for leading the most aggressive accountability nonprofit in the American Southwest.
Patrick helps instill conservative principles in his generation through his activism. Patrick and his wife Christina live in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with their three children, Charlotte, Marie, and David. He is a pilot, avid cyclist, amateur historian, ballroom dancer, and former aquarist. The family enjoys frequent trips to the Albuquerque Aquarium and less-frequent visits to state and national historic sites.

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The Latest from Patrick
- Breaking Barriers: The State Occupational Licensing Index Reveals Opportunities for Occupational Licensing Reform in the USA new report by the Archbridge Institute finds that occupational licensing creates unnecessary barriers that exacerbate skilled worker shortages and hinder opportunity and prosperity.
- American Banker: If I Can’t Get An ‘Emergency’ Loan From A Bank, It’s Not Clear Who Possibly CanWe tested the prediction that banks will step in when payday lenders face restrictions. They didn’t want our business.
- Celebrating Government Transparency with Sunshine WeekSunshine is a natural disinfectant: let it shine on every facet of government.
- Newsmax: Does America’s Freight Industry Face an Impending Train Wreck?The Department of Justice has expressed concerns to the Surface Transportation Board about the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways.
- The Efficiency Dilemma: Examining Energy Sector Jobs and Electricity Generation in the USSolar energy is the least efficient utility-scale electric generation source in terms of electricity produced per employee.