but perhaps more than anything else, stephen goldsmith is a teacher. he believes good leadership doesn't come from just the board of one but the work of many. as the director of the innovations in american government programs at harvard school of government, professor goldsmith shared his road map for the reinvigorating american cities with countless spiraling leaders and i will say i was one such student in his class and 05 and candidly it was a great course. in 11 years undergraduate of the college and graduate of lowell school of the university of michigan and the author of four books, two of which were published while at the manhattan institute, 21st century city and entrepreneurial city. he is a scholar comegys an inspiration today's author rick baker who will share with you the relationship that they obviously had and we were there for honored to welcome stephen cord smith to the stage, please join me. [applause] thank you very it's great to be here to introduce you to my friend, rick, i read the promotional material about what he did in st. pete

if there was anyone who embodied selfless innovative policymaking, that's stephen goldsmith. he's currently the deputy mayor for operations here in new york. he has a very simple mandate by mayor bloomberg, create a 21st century government that is smaller and more effective. good luck with that. [laughter] while mayor of indianapolis from 1992 to 1999, deputy mayor goldsmith, has a remarkable playbook from which to work and share with us today and share with rick baker and others. under his leadership, entire urban neighborhoods of indianapolis were revitalized. it's over $400 million recognized and reinvested into the city and crime dropped. what's remarkable is real authority was diffused locally to community groups, a true testament to the power of local leadership. his power in indianapolis led him to be >> i always like toe appear at manhattan events because the introductions make me feel good about myself. [laughter] thank you so much. i wonder if you raised me as a professor if it would be the same as it were today. i'm not sure. [laughter] i'm a little under the weath