Jessica Beeson Tocco, President of Shepherd Strategies, was recently featured on the Medicine 101 Podcast — a platform dedicated to making healthcare, science, and policy more accessible to students, professionals, and curious minds alike.

In the episode, Jessica discusses her work at the intersection of government, business strategy, and public health — and how translating complex policy into real-world outcomes is both an art and a discipline. The conversation covers the regulatory landscape shaping medical aesthetics, her advocacy with the Aesthetic Medical Providers of Massachusetts (AMPMA), and what it takes to protect patient access and provider rights when legislation moves faster than the science behind it.

She also speaks to the broader themes that drive her work: women’s leadership, entrepreneurship, and what it looks like to build a practice — and a career — that operates at the highest levels of government and industry without losing sight of the people those systems are meant to serve.

Watch the full Medicine 101 episode below.