Chantal Lovell is State Policy Network’s Director of Policy Strategy. In her role, Chantal works alongside state-based think tanks as they execute issue campaigns and oversees SPN’s workplace freedom efforts.

Prior to joining the State Policy Network, Chantal worked as the communications manager at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan, and as the Nevada Policy Research Institute’s communications director. In 2014, Lovell won the inaugural Great Communicators Tournament at the State Policy Network’s Annual Meeting for a speech she gave regarding the immorality of Medicaid expansion.

Chantal, who spent most of her life in Southern California, received a bachelor’s degree in Government from the University of Redlands and a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Nebraska.

Before beginning her career in the liberty movement, she was a journalist in Redlands, California and the Napa Valley, where she received awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for investigative reporting, economic reporting and features writing.

Chantal lives in Midland, Michigan with her miniature schnauzers, Winston and Lola.