In this interview with American City & County’s Managing Editor Lindsay Isaacs, Marilu Goodyear, director of the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Administration, discusses the research that faculty are conducting on public-private partnerships (PPPs). The school’s body of work documents the professional and personal skills that local government leaders need to sustain successful PPPs, as well as the actions governments can take to establish successful long-term relationships with their partners. For more information about the school and its research, visit www2.ku.edu/~kupa.