23 Facts About Stephen Goldsmith

Stephen "Steve" Goldsmith was born on December 12,1946 and is an American politician and writer who was the 46th mayor of Indianapolis.

Stephen Goldsmith served as the deputy mayor of New York City for operations from 2010 to 2011.

Stephen Goldsmith is currently the Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy and Director of Data-Smart City Solutions at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

In 2006, Goldsmith was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Stephen Goldsmith was born on December 12,1946, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Stephen Goldsmith is a graduate of Wabash College and the University of Michigan Law School where he earned a Juris Doctor degree.

Stephen Goldsmith is an Eagle Scout, a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

In 1978, Stephen Goldsmith began his political career by defeating Judge Andrew Jacobs Sr.

John Mutz made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of Indiana, calling upon Stephen Goldsmith to be his running mate.

Mutz and Stephen Goldsmith lost to the Democratic ticket of Evan Bayh and Frank O'Bannon.

In 1991, Stephen Goldsmith ran under the Republican banner for mayor, defeating his Democratic opponent Louis Mahern by a clear majority.

Stephen Goldsmith served as mayor of Indianapolis for two terms from 1992 to 2000, being reelected in 1995.

Stephen Goldsmith was the Republican nominee for Governor of Indiana in 1996 against Lt.

The Stephen Goldsmith campaign was unable to successfully rebut "allegations of influence peddling" and accusations that cuts in spending had undermined the city's ability to process sewage.

Stephen Goldsmith was appointed chair of the board of directors for the Corporation for National and Community Service in 2001, a position he held until 2010.

Stephen Goldsmith had responsibility for the city's police, fire, sanitation, and buildings departments, among others, in his 14-month period of service.

Stephen Goldsmith was tasked by Bloomberg with advancing an innovation agenda in the city and his work led to enhancements to the city's use of technology, improvements in restaurant licensing, and faster processing of building permits.

Stephen Goldsmith oversaw the launch of the 311 Service Request Map, the NYC Simplicity Idea Market employee crowdsourcing platform, and the Change By Us NYC community collaboration portal.

Stephen Goldsmith supervised the repair of the troubled CityTime employee timekeeping system and initiated several public-private partnerships in the areas of energy, wastewater management, and parking.

Just days before his resignation, Stephen Goldsmith was arrested after a domestic altercation with his wife and spent two nights in a Washington jail due to a mandatory arrest law.

On January 4,2012, a Washington Superior Court judge found that Stephen Goldsmith was, as a matter of law, "actually innocent", and that there was no assault during the argument between him and his wife.

Stephen Goldsmith was a partner of Knowledge Universe, which invests in Internet-oriented education companies, day care, and childhood learning companies, and B2B companies, principally in business and human resources consulting and online training.

Stephen Goldsmith was the chairman emeritus of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Civic Innovation.