Research drives policy messaging. Well, at least for smart conservatives.

For Abbey Brokos, she’s found a career doing research in her passion: political communications.

First she worked for the Republican National Committee as a junior research analyst, and now she’s a political communications specialist at FP1 Strategies.

Before that, she interned at Concerned Women for America, the Leadership Institute, and the State Department.

Have you heard the famous proverb: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again?”

For Lee Cohen, trying again proved very successful.

In 2012, he ran for student body president at Indiana University South Bend and lost by just 57 votes. This year, running against two other candidates, Lee received 55.9 percent of the vote, while the second place person received 35.9 percent and the last received 8.2 percent. In other words, Lee overwhelmingly won 1.5 times more votes than the second highest candidate and 6.5 times more votes than the third.

So, what changed?

Representative Justin Amash (MI-03) will speak at the Leadership Institute's Wednesday Wake-Up Club Breakfast on Wednesday, June 5 at 8:00 A.M. Rep. Amash will discuss his election to Congress in the Tea Party wave of 2010 and his experience as an advocate for limited government.

"Congressman Amash is part of the next generation leading the fight for limited government -- no small feat in Washington, D.C.," said Morton Blackwell, Institute president. "Conservatives are likely to enjoy his remarks."

Update: Watch online Representative Amash's speech at LeadershipInstitute.org/speakers/

Jayson Veley, 19, already has done so much: he's been a spy; he's founded Junior Factor Nation -- a network of radio programming, video clips, and columns all created by teens and 20-somethings; he's appeared as a guest on Glenn Beck's show (in 2010); he's authored a book, called The Other Side; and he just finished his freshman year in college.