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- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
helped create this situation. Or as Calvin Young (MBA 2015), a Baltimore native and 2016 mayoral candidate who now works at the private equity firm Green Street Impact Partners, puts it, “there was real intentionality around the policies... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
produce daily. Tisch held a conference call with her operations chiefs at 5 a.m., and by 8 a.m. she was on the phone with Mayor Eric Adams while parked outside a DSNY facility. Striding into a garage the size of a football field to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
operations is a big part of what YALP hopes to impart. “Typically, the public-sector lexicon can be mystifying to private-sector folks,” says Stacy Richardson, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke’s chief of staff. “When I attended YALP in 2016,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
most powerful person in Boston-head of a privately held, billion-dollar company he built practically from scratch; friend and advisor to politicians of both parties, from Boston's Democratic Mayor Tom Menino to the Bay State's Republican... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
continue to push, because if you succeed, unfortunately you’re the exception. If you fail, it’s I-told-you-so.” Election bid: “Would I run for mayor of New York again? Yes, unequivocally. I wanted to use my background and experience to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
city’s darkest days, during the drug and murder epidemics of the late 1980s and early 1990s. When Mayor Marion Barry was busted in an FBI sting for smoking crack in 1990, Dixon’s mother, Sharon Pratt, won the election to replace him,... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
The Pursuit of Impact
Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) is founder and CEO of the financial data firm Bloomberg LP, the former mayor of New York City, and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- News
Dan Koh Named Labor Department’s Chief of Staff
Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, who has been nominated by President Biden to serve as secretary of labor, has tapped Dan Koh (MBA 2011) to serve as his chief of staff, according to the Boston Globe.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
Saudi Arabia, and under the patronage of H.H. Prince Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Bin Ayyaf, Mayor of the Riyadh Region. Saleh Lootah (GMP 10, 2011), president of the HBS Club of the GCC, says the Crossroads Forum was designed to enable leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Mar 2011
- News
Maximum Cities
conference "Investing in Cities of the 21st Century" delved into once-distant challenges that have suddenly arrived on the planet's collective doorstep. "The cities of the 21st century are being built right now in the developing world," said David Miller, former View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
services, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Duties Included: taking care of Yankee and Shea stadiums Description of Her Employees: carpenters, plumbers, electricians, blacksmiths; 111 men, 9 women; average age: 45 Enjoys: international cooking, theater, baseball... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
adaptation house-by-house, right? We can provide incentives for folks to use the proper materials and to weatherproof their home, et cetera. But it has to be infrastructure. I spoke to the mayor of Boston about porous sidewalk materials... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading the way in times of crisis
After an unsuccessful run for mayor of New York in 2013, Lhota is now chief of staff at New York University Langone Medical Center, where he works closely with the CEO assisting in managing all activities associated with directing a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on both counts since taking office... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
way. It was Primary Day. As was his habit on this occasion of civic duty, Joseph J. Lhota (MBA '80) had risen early at his Brooklyn Heights home in order to vote at his local polling place before departing for Lower Manhattan and his City Hall office. His boss, View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
women) isn’t just a social good but improves performance within organizations and in wider economies. A London resident of two decades, Hunt serves on numerous UK boards, including the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, the Tate... View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
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Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
club’s return to an in-person banquet following the pandemic, and featured a fireside chat during dinner with special guest Jorge O. Elorza, the 38th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. “Mayor Elorza is a great speaker and very... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
Boston Green Ribbon Commission, a group of business, institutional, and civic leaders developing strategies to fight climate change and meet Mayor Marty Walsh’s 2050 carbon-neutrality goal. However, McCarthy added, “the city is slow to... View Details