(New York, NY - March 4, 2005) New School University’s Milano Graduate School will present “U.S. Mayors and Innovative Leadership,” a discussion with current and former mayors of major U.S. cities, who will discuss the tough issues facing urban areas today and their respective approaches to tackling them. The event, which will take place on Wednesday,March 30, 2005 from 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., is part of the Milano Graduate School’s groundbreaking “Urban Conversations” series.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will open the conference with welcoming remarks. The day’s program will then be divided into three separate conversations, with featuring participants, inludingKansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, New School University President Bob Kerrey, Andrew Kirtzman of WCBS-TV, Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy; San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Governor and former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell, Dorothy Samuels of The New York Times, Bryna Sanger of the Milano Graduate School, George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, Michael Tomasky of The American Prospect, Darren Walker of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Richmond Mayor and former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder.
The day’s three conversations are entitled: Innovative Mayors, Overcoming Obstacles to Innovation, and City Hall and the State, and the event will take place at New School University’s Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor, NYC. To reserve seating, call (212) 229-5418 or e-mail [email protected].
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Progressive, current and socially responsible, the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy in New York offers quality professional programs in professions that shape the way organizations work, communities function and people live. A division of New School University, the Milano Graduate School offers Master's degree programs in Health Services Management and Policy, Human Resources Management, Nonprofit Management, Organizational Change Management, Urban Policy Analysis and Management; and a Ph.D. Program in Public and Urban Policy. The Milano Graduate School also contributes to communities and professions through special initiatives, centers and publications. For further information, call (212) 229-5400 or visit the Web site at www.newschool.edu/milano.
8:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
9:00 a.m. Conversation I: Innovative Mayors. Speakers: Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes; Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper; Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy; San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; Richmond Mayor and former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder. Moderator: George Stephanopoulos, ABC News. Mayors from major U.S. cities - men and women who have broken with longstanding tradition in pursuing innovative initiatives in important areas of public policy - will discuss the characteristics of successful leadership needed to implement creative urban policies.
10:30 a.m. Conversation II: Overcoming Obstacles to Innovation. Speakers: Dorothy Samuels, The New York Times; Bryna Sanger, Milano Graduate School; Michael Tomasky, The American Prospect; Darren Walker, The Rockefeller Foundation. Moderator: Andrew Kirtzman, WCBS-TV. Journalists, academic observers and opinion leaders will contemplate the future of urban innovation and the political impediments and fiscal austerity that inevitably confront mayors as they pursue their agendas.
12:00 p.m. Conversation III: City Hall and the State. Speakers: Pennsylvania Governor and former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell; Idaho Governor, former U.S. Senator and former Boise Mayor Dirk Kempthorne (invited). Moderator: New School University President and former Nebraska Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey. Politicians who have served both in City Hall and the governor’s mansion will explore the dynamics between city and state government in urban innovation.
All events take place at New School University’s Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor, NYC.
For more information, contact (212) 229-5418 or e-mail [email protected].