Stephen Goldsmith

Daniel Paul Professor of Government
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Office Address
124 Mt. Auburn - Suite 200N-264
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 74
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-384-7358
Fax: 617-496-4602
Email: Steve_Goldsmith@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Caitlin Steirman (617-496-8808)
Stephen Goldsmith

Profile

Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Stephen is also the Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Stephen previously served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, America's 12th largest city. As mayor, he reduced government spending, cut the city's bureaucracy, held the line on taxes, eliminated counterproductive regulations, and identified more than $400 million in savings. He reinvested the savings by leading a transformation of downtown Indianapolis that has been held up as a national model. Stephen was the chief domestic policy advisor to the George W. Bush campaign in 2000 and was district attorney for Marion County, Indiana from 1979 to 1990. Stephen has written Governing by Network: the New Shape of the Public Sector,Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship and The Twenty-First Century City'; Resurrecting Urban America.

Courses

Spring

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Goldsmith, Stephen, and Tim Burke. Moving from Core Functions to Core Values: Lessons from State Eligibility Modernizations. Unlocking the Power of Networks: Keys to High-Performance Government. Ed. Donald F. Kettl, and Stephen Goldsmith. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 95-120.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. Foreword. The Innovator's Playbook. Ed. William Eggers, and Shalabh Singh. The Ash Institute and Deloitte Research, 2009.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "What's Left for Government to Do?" The American. January/February 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Introduction: Lessons from Our Best." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). January 28, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Innovative Ideas for New Mayors." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). February 11, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Mayor John Hickenlooper, Denver." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). February 25, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Moving Men into the Mainstream: Best Practices in Prisoner Reentry Assistance." Manhattan Institute: Civic Bulletin 51. March 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Boston." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). March 24, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Mayor David N. Cicilline, Providence, Rhode Island." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). June 9, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "County Executive Ron Sims, King County, Washington." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). June 23, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Mayor Shirley Franklin, Atlanta." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). July 14, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Mayor Chris Coleman, St. Paul." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). October 6, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Ascension of an Innovator." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). December 17, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Prudent Privatization." Governing.com (Governing Magazine). January 14, 2009.
  • Op-Eds
    • Goldsmith, Stephen, and Vince Jurasti. "The Rewards of Volunteer Service." Washington Times, August 17, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen, and Harris Woffard. "Volunteers for National Service Desperately Needed." Miami Herald, December 3, 2008.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen, and John Bridgeland. "Good Works in Hard Times." Washington Times, March 9, 2009.
    • Solomont, Alan, and Steve Goldsmith. "With Voluntarism on Rise Comes a Chance to Seize the Day." Boston Globe, August 22, 2009.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "Red-Ink Tsunami: Why Old Ideas Can't Fix the New Government Perma-Crisis." Economics 21, January 12, 2010.
    • Farris Jr., Isaac Newton, and Stephen Goldsmith. "A Day for Service." The Herald-Sun (North Carolina), January 18, 2010.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. "The New Political Reality." Economics21.org, February 3, 2010.
  • Public Testimony
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. Testimony for the Serve America Act, U.S. Senate, February - April 2009.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. Introduction of President Barack Obama and Event Moderator, White House Community Solutions Event, June 30, 2009.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. Testimony before the National Governor's Association Chiefs of Staff, September 8, 2009.
    • Goldsmith, Stephen. Testimony before the Senate Meeting on National Service and Social Innovation, U.S. Senate, September 16, 2009.