Stephen Goldsmith
Stephen Goldsmith
Stephen Goldsmith is the Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and director of Data-Smart City Solutions at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University. He previously served as Deputy Mayor of New York and Mayor of Indianapolis, where he earned a reputation as one of the country's leaders in public-private partnerships, competition, and privatization. Stephen was also the chief domestic policy advisor to the George W. Bush campaign in 2000, the Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps), and the district attorney for Marion County, Indiana from 1979 to 1990. He has written The Power of Social Innovation; Governing by Network: the New Shape of the Public Sector; Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship; The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America, The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance; A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Governance; and Collaborative Cities: Mapping Solutions to Wicked Problems. His most recent book, Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development, was released in February 2022.
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This is a set of resources, including videos, books, case studies, and journal articles about Stephen Goldsmith's tenure as Mayor of Indianapolis. Written by Goldsmith and others, these resources cover three decades of exceptional leadership and management. See all resources here.
