Tag: Jorrit de Jong

  • Nation & World

    Two mayors talk pandemic, civic unrest, and the value of a network of peers

    The Gazette recently spoke to Kathy Sheehan, mayor of Albany, N.Y., and Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham, Ala., and asked them to share how their experience at Harvard as part of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative prepared them to face the toughest year of their careers.

    14 minutes
    Mayor Woodfin and a citizen.
  • Nation & World

    Obama: In trying times, truth first

    During a virtual seminar Thursday, more than 750 officials from 400 U.S. cities got advice from top executives who led the nation’s last public health crisis, the Ebola epidemic, on how to help their cities cope and prepare for reopening in the coming weeks or months.

    6 minutes
    Barack Obama
  • Nation & World

    A summer of service to cities

    Through the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, student fellows this summer helped mayors around the nation to improve the lives of residents.

    36 minutes
    Storefront in Laredo, Texas.
  • Nation & World

    Mayoral initiative heads for year two

    The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, which is housed at the Ash Center, is a collaboration among Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Now entering its second year, the program helps mayors govern more creatively and effectively.

    5 minutes
    The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative mayors program.
  • Nation & World

    The mayors, who have to make government work

    Forty mayors from the United States and overseas gathered in New York City for the inaugural session of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, whose aim is to promote urban innovation.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A boost for managing cities

    A $32 million gift from Michael Bloomberg’s charitable foundation will support a new four-year collaboration with Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School to help hundreds of city mayors and their top staff members make government more responsive and effective for its citizens.

    8 minutes