Stephen Goldsmith, a former two-term mayor of Indianapolis where he earned a national reputation for innovations in government, has been appointed a senior fellow at the Milken Institute.
He will work on matters related to education and infrastructure reform, and on research with the Institute′s Center for Middle Eastern Capital Markets.
Goldsmith is currently at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he will continue as the Dan Paul Professor of Government and as director of the Innovations in American Government Program.
He was mayor of Indianapolis from 1992 to 1999 and is given credit for reducing the city′s bureaucracy, taxes and counter-productive regulations, all while identifying more than $400 million in savings, which he then reinvested in a transformation of downtown Indianapolis and its urban neighborhoods. His work in Indianapolis has been cited as a national model. Prior to his terms as mayor, he was Marion County district attorney for 12 years.
Goldsmith is a nationally recognized expert on government management, reform and innovation. He formerly served as special advisor to President Bush on faith-based and not-for-profit initiatives, and was the chief domestic policy advisor to President Bush in the 2000 campaign. He serves as chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and is the author of several books, most recently, Governing by Network: The New Face of the Public Sector.
Goldsmith received his bachelor′s degree from Wabash College and his law degree from the University of Michigan.